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8141277 |
Shoe with sensors, controller and active-response elements and method for use thereof
Active-response golf shoes are disclosed. The golf shoes include a plurality of sensors, a controller, and at least one active-response element. The sensor and controller operate to rapidly...
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8031080 |
Patient support surface with vital signs sensors
A patient support surface comprises a cover defining an interior region, a modifiable support layer situated in the interior region and having at least one air bladder, and a sensor layer situated...
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7891259 |
Human dummy system for evaluating comfort of seat
A human dummy system for evaluating the comfort of a seat comfort includes sensor units and a data processing unit. The sensor units are attached to the relevant joints of a human dummy, and detect...
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7878055 |
Sensor and analyzer for determining physiological limitations
A sensing and analyzing device for determining when physical limits of a patient have been exceeded by the patient during exercise is provided. The device may comprise a sensing unit, analyzing...
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7867285 |
Sensing systems and methods for monitoring gait dynamics
Systems and method for monitoring gait dynamics are disclosed. The performance of an orthotic or prosthetic device or other device associated with a limb may be measured based on the resistance of...
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7862620 |
Sensing systems and methods for monitoring gait dynamics
Systems and method for monitoring gait dynamics are disclosed. The performance of an orthotic or prosthetic device or other device associated with a limb may be measured based on the resistance of...
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7860607 |
Method of estimating joint moment of bipedal walking body
The joint rotational angles of joints 9, 11 and 13 of each leg 2 of a bipedal walking body 1 are detected to grasp the positions/postures of the corresponding rigid bodies 10, 12 and 14 of each leg...
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7794505 |
Sensing systems and methods for monitoring gait dynamics
Systems and method for monitoring gait dynamics are disclosed. The performance of an orthotic or prosthetic device or other device associated with a limb may be measured based on the resistance of...
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7758523 |
Remote sensing shoe insert apparatus, method and system
A method, apparatus and system for communicating to a remote location a representation of a physical condition caused by a foot. The method involves communicating to a transmitter unit at least...
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7610802 |
Device for measuring and monitoring the fractional load of orthopedic and surgical patients
The invention relates to a device for measuring and motoring the fractional load of orthopaedic and surgical patients, comprising at least one measuring device for the direct and indirect...
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7552549 |
Shoe with sensors, controller and active-response elements and method for use thereof
Active-response golf shoes are disclosed. The golf shoes include at least one sensor, a controller, and at least one active-response element. The sensor and controller operate to rapidly determine...
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7526954 |
Gait assistive system and methods for using same
Systems and methods for providing biofeedback information to a subject for gait assistive therapy are provided. The system comprises an insole pressure sensor and means for communicating the...
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7515059 |
Patient support surface with physiological sensors
A patient support surface comprises a cover defining an interior region, a modifiable support layer situated in the interior region and having at least one air bladder, and a sensor layer situated...
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7506543 |
Foot pressure detection device
According to a first embodiment of our invention, a monitoring device is placed above, within, or on the bottom of a cast, boot, shoe, or other lower extremity immobilization or protective device,...
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7493810 |
Device for mechanical weight bearing indication with load range capability
A mechanical load bearing indicator producing signals to a user when the user applies more than selected amounts of load between an extremity of the use and a surface. The indicator has a base...
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7491180 |
Apparatus and methods for templating and placement of artificial discs
A method of determining the size and/or placement of a prosthetic disc in a disc space between adjacent endplates of two vertebrae in a selected spinal area, comprising: using a computer to...
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7448264 |
Non-destructive method for evaluating the strength of cancellous bone
A non-destructive method for evaluating the strength of cancellous bone includes the steps of performing at least two of the following tests on each cancellous bone of a population of cancellous...
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7434459 |
Context acquisition based on load sensing
Methods and systems are described for sensing force information at a plurality of points on a continuous surface, and detecting contextual information about an object on the surface based on the...
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7346464 |
Gait waveform feature extracting method and individual identification system
A gait waveform feature extracting method and an individual identification system extract features of the gait waveform. A one-step waveform corresponding to one step of a walking movement is...
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7330127 |
Force optimization surface apparatus and method
A support surface includes a cover defining an interior region, a mattress core located in the interior region, and a force sensor located in the interior region.
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7277021 |
Device and method for alerting a runner when a new pair of running shoes is needed
A device and method are provided for determining the wear of a sole of a shoe. The device includes first and second sensors receivable in the sole of the shoe. The sensors are axially spaced and...
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7191644 |
System incorporating an insole pressure sensor and personal annunciator for use in gait assistive therapy
A gait assistive system designed to assist with the therapeutic treatment of subjects who have difficulty in walking, specifically those with a lack of sensation due to nerve damage or amputation,...
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7107832 |
Measurement device with a support plate mounted on measurement cells and intended for a person to stand on
A measurement device with a support plate (1) mounted on measurement cells, and with a display device for displaying a force action line (7) for a person standing on bearing surfaces (10, 10′) of t...
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7100439 |
Balance control system for weight scales
The present invention is directed to a weight scale having a balance control system that detects unequal load distribution to the scale's load sensors and produces an output signal that enables the...
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6958681 |
Electrical device for sensing a surface
The invention herein pertains to sensing a ground surface with the foot while walking. Persons having foot and leg nerve damage are often unable to walk without assistance because they can not...
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6804571 |
Method for computer aided orthotic inlay fabrication
The present invention relates to a process for determining the magnitude and distribution of forces on a foot during ambulation and utilizing this data in combination with a plurality of other...
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6589287 |
Artificial sensibility
The artificial sensibility device has a left sensor applied to a left finger, a middle sensor applied to a middle finger and a right sensor applied to a right finger of a hand. The sensors are...
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6430475 |
Pressure-distribution sensor for controlling multi-jointed nursing robot
The present invention provides contact sensors capable of determining the pressure distribution over the whole surface of each of joint units having a cylindrical shape, both end portions of which...
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6405606 |
Mechanical weight bearing indicator for the foot
A mechanical weight bearing indicator produces a tactile signal which is felt by the wearer's foot. The signal is generated when the user exerts more than a predetermined amount of weight on the...
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6389894 |
Method for determining the heights of multiple jumps
Comparable values for the heights of the individual jumps in a series of multiple jumps can be achieved, if defined initial conditions for first and second successive integrations of measured...
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6360597 |
In-shoe remote telemetry gait analysis system
A gait analysis system includes a shoe insert for use in a shoe worn by a subject while walking as part of a process of collecting gait data. The insert has force-sensing sensors distributed to...
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6360598 |
Biomechanical measuring arrangement
For more accurate analysis of the motions of human beings and animals, two commercial measuring systems, namely a force measuring platform fitted with piezoelectric crystal sensors and a...
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6220088 |
Assessment of patient support systems
A method and equipment for assessing the suitability of support surfaces such as mattresses and chairs is disclosed. The method comprises applying a load to each of two such support surfaces with a...
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6220089 |
Vibration dummy apparatus
Vibration dummy apparatus adapted to sit on and be supported by a vehicle seat to accurately simulate human vibration response at an interface between the apparatus and seat cushions of the vehicle...
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6195921 |
Virtual intelligence shoe with a podiatric analysis system
The virtual intelligence shoe with a podiatric analysis system provided with a portable pair of shoe-like body types thereof, into two of which a miniature electronic module and an enclosed sensor...
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6186000 |
Apparatus and method for measuring shearing stress distribution on the sole of a spiked shoe
A sole of a baseball spiked shoe has a toe portion projection, a first metatarsal head projection, a stepping portion projection, and a fifth metatarsal head projection provided at a fore foot...
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6173608 |
Device for measuring forces exerted during ambulatory exercise
A device for measuring the forces exerted by each leg, particularly during ambulatory activity, including at least one assembly provided with a powered treadmill in a frame consistency of a rigid...
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6122846 |
Force monitoring shoe
An apparatus and method of operation for measuring forces applied to a wearer's foot, the apparatus providing an indication to the wearer when forces on the foot exceed pre-selected upper limits or...
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6038935 |
Apparatus and method for measuring the magnitude and distribution of forces on the foot of a quadruped
An improved apparatus and method are described for continuously measuring the timing and distribution of forces exerted against the entire surface of a quadruped's foot, thus providing a diagnostic...
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6031463 |
Load signaling device for a patient's foot
A device for providing an acoustic signal to a patient when a predetermined load is placed on the patient's foot comprises a fluid filled control ms with a first bladder underlying the patient's...
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6009750 |
Seat test body
A seat test body is provided for vibration measurements. In order to be able to obtain, during vibration measurements in the whole spectral range, measuring results which can be compared at least...
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5993400 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring contact pressure between body parts and contact surfaces
An apparatus and method for monitoring pressure between the surface of a body part and a contact surface employ a plurality of pressure sensors disposed in a matrix array between the contact...
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5987982 |
Balance performance monitor
An apparatus and a method to monitor the balance performance of a user comprises two separate but similar foot-plates each slightly larger than the foot of a user. Each foot-plate includes...
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5970789 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating a support surface
An apparatus and method for evaluating pressure interface performance of a support surface for supporting a body are provided. The method includes the step of providing an array of pressure sensors...
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5941835 |
System and method for determining pressure distribution across the sole of a foot
The method of the invention maps pressure applied by resilient body surface onto a plurality of movable gauge pins. The method includes the steps of: providing relative movement between the...
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5929332 |
Sensor shoe for monitoring the condition of a foot
A sensor shoe attached to a power source for sensing conditions of a foot positioned within the sensor shoe. The sensor shoe includes a base, a foot receiving portion extending from the base and an...
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5925000 |
Dynamic balance sport performance system
A dynamic balance sport performance system is provided for the dynamic testing of an individual so as to be able to provide appropriately configured shims to be placed adjacent the individual's...
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5918502 |
Footwear incorporating piezoelectric spring system
An article of performance enhancing footwear having a piezoelectric spring apparatus in the sole member. Walking or running applies a first force deforming a piezoelectric actuator, thereby...
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5914659 |
Child's shoe fit sensor
A shoe size fit sensor indicates by a perceptible alarm that the shoe of an infant, a toddler or other small child is too tight for wear. The shoe fit sensor sets off a perceptible visual and or...
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5913242 |
Portable jumping force measuring platform
A measuring platform having three supporting units arranged in a triangle, fixed and fitted with force measuring sensors, and stabilized with each other via a baseplate so that it is also possible...
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