Patient initiated response method

Claim 1

A patient-initiated method of re-educating a debilitated muscle group including the brain control therefor, which muscle group is possessed by the patient, the method comprising repeatedly preforming the steps of (a) having the patient produce, through voluntary initiation of attempted movement in a limb consciously selected by the patient, an electromyographic signal in a muscle group that is responsible for limb movement, (b) detecting the electromyographic signal so produced when such has a predetermined intensity, (c) producing in response to said detected electromyographic signal a stimulation signal of greater intensity, and (d) essentially simultaneously with detection of the electromyographic signal transmitting the stimulation signal to a debilitated muscle group of the patient responsible for limb movement to produce response to the stimulation signal in the debilitated muscle group perceived by the patient to be response to the voluntarily initiated attempted movement of the limb, repeated perception by the patient of this response serving to re-educate the muscle group including the brain control therefor whereby the patient is enabled to produce limb movement without transmission of the stimulation signal.