Platform Technology

NeuroRobotics is Myomo's patent-pending platform technology. Designed as a feedback-based, closed loop system, NeuroRobotics facilitates muscle re-education by both amplifying and rewarding a patient with desired motion in concert with his or her own muscular activation.

Key system components include: surface electromyography (EMG) sensing, system software, and wearable, portable robotic devices. Since movement is initiated and continuously controlled by an individual's residual muscle activity, the person’s brain functions as the system controller. With this capability, patients have an opportunity to stop, in real time, during execution of a targeted training task, to evaluate performance and re-adjust positioning, as they train toward muscle re-education. The goal is that through repetition and practice, patients will relearn and achieve more normative movement patterns.

How it Works

• Patient's brain is the controller: When a patient attempts movement during therapy, their muscles contract and electrical muscle activity signals fire
• Non-invasive sensing: An EMG sensor sits on the skin's surface to detect and continuously monitor a person's residual electrical muscle activity
• Proprietary system software: Advanced signal processing software filters and processes the user's EMG signal, and then forwards the data to a robotic device
• Proportional assistance: Portable, wearable robotics use the person's EMG signal to assist with desired movement; power assistance is customized to patient ability with Myomo's real-time adjustable control unit.