Bioelectronics for controlling skeletal muscles by neuro-electrical coded signals

Abstract

Bioelectronics for controlling a skeletal muscle by means of a neuro-electrical coded signal. An actual neuro-coded signal that is naturally generated in a body and operative in control of a skeletal muscle can be collected from a nervous network and stored in a database associated with an electronic device. An implantable muscle control device having one or more electrodes can be directly attached to an appropriate nerve leading to one or more target skeletal muscles associated with a subject. The actual neuro-coded signal can be then selected from the database and broadcasted to the implantable device associated with the subject via a neuro-code transmission approach in order to activate and regulate the affected skeletal muscles.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for controlling skeletal muscles, comprising:
 an electronic device and a neuro-code signaling module associated with a database, wherein a plurality of neuro-code signals is collected and stored in said database, said plurality of neuro-code signals naturally generated in a body and operative in control of at least one skeletal muscles from a nervous network, said electronic device capable of communicating with said neuro-code signaling module; and   an implantable muscle control device having at least one electrode to a nerve leading to at least one target skeletal muscle associated with a subject, said implantable muscle control device implanted in said subject and capable of communicating with said electronic device, wherein a neuro-code signal is selected from said plurality of neuro-code signals and modulated via said neuro-code signaling module to fine-tune muscle movements with respect to said at least one target skeletal muscle.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said neuro-code signal is transmitted via a neuro-code transmission approach to said implantable muscle control device to thereby activate and regulate said at least one target skeletal muscle of said subject. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said electronic device comprises a scientific computer. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said electronic device comprises a computer chip comprising a processor for processing instructions from said neuro-code signaling module. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said implantable muscle control device comprises a computer chip and said electrode. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 2  wherein said neuro-coded signal includes a plurality of channels and wherein said neuro-code transmission approach comprises a constant voltage approach wherein voltage levels for said neuro-coded signal do not exceed 1 amp in output electrical energy for each channel of said plurality of channels of said neuro-coded signal. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 2  wherein said neuro-code transmission approach comprises a constant current approach. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1  wherein a positive probe and a negative probe are attached to said nerve and/or another connecting point on a body of said subject so that current supplied by said electronic device is consistent and repeatable throughout the delivery of said neuro-code signal and a voltage level fluctuates as resistance changes. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said at least one electrode is placed in association with said nerve by separating an efferent bundle from an afferent bundle. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said at least one electrode is coated with insulator. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1  wherein a gradation of muscle movement with respect to said at least one skeletal muscle is accomplished by changes in an applied neuro-code voltage. 
     
     
         12 . A system for controlling skeletal muscles, comprising:
 an electronic device and a neuro-code signaling module associated with a database, wherein a plurality of neuro-code signals is collected and stored in said database, said plurality of neuro-code signals naturally generated in a body and operative in control of at least one skeletal muscles from a nervous network, said electronic device capable of communicating with said neuro-code signaling module; and   an implantable muscle control device having at least one electrode to a nerve leading to at least one target skeletal muscle associated with a subject, said implantable muscle control device implanted in said subject and capable of communicating with said electronic device, wherein a neuro-code signal is selected from said plurality of neuro-code signals and modulated via said neuro-code signaling module to fine-tune muscle movements with respect to said at least one target skeletal muscle, wherein said neuro-code signal is transmitted via a neuro-code transmission approach to said implantable muscle control device to thereby activate and regulate said at least one target skeletal muscle of said subject.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12  wherein said electronic device comprises a scientific computer. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 12  wherein said electronic device comprises a computer chip comprising a processor for processing instructions from said neuro-code signaling module. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13  wherein said implantable muscle control device comprises a computer chip and said electrode. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 12  wherein said neuro-coded signal includes a plurality of channels and wherein said neuro-code transmission approach comprises a constant voltage approach wherein voltage levels for said neuro-coded signal do not exceed 1 amp in output electrical energy for each channel of said plurality of channels of said neuro-coded signal. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 12  wherein said neuro-code transmission approach comprises a constant current approach. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 12  wherein a positive probe and a negative probe are attached to said nerve and/or another connecting point on a body of said subject so that current supplied by said electronic device is consistent and repeatable throughout the delivery of said neuro-code signal and a voltage level fluctuates as resistance changes. 
     
     
         19 . A system for controlling skeletal muscles, comprising:
 an electronic device and a neuro-code signaling module associated with a database, wherein a plurality of neuro-code signals is collected and stored in said database, said plurality of neuro-code signals naturally generated in a body and operative in control of at least one skeletal muscles from a nervous network, said electronic device capable of communicating with said neuro-code signaling module.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19  further comprising an implantable muscle control device having at least one electrode to a nerve leading to at least one target skeletal muscle associated with a subject, said implantable muscle control device implanted in said subject and capable of communicating with said electronic device, wherein a neuro-code signal is selected from said plurality of neuro-code signals and modulated via said neuro-code signaling module to fine-tune muscle movements with respect to said at least one target skeletal muscle, wherein said neuro-code signal is transmitted via a neuro-code transmission approach to said implantable muscle control device to thereby activate and regulate said at least one target skeletal muscle of said subject.