Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for detecting biomechanical and functional parameters of the knee
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Application No.: US16608866Application Date: 2018-04-26
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Publication No.: US11540768B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Zimi Sawacha , Davide Pavan , Federica Cibin , Giorgio Sbrocco , Annamaria Guiotto , Claudio Cobelli , Fabiola Spolaor
- Applicant: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
- Applicant Address: IT Padua
- Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
- Current Assignee Address: IT Padua
- Agent Mark M. Friedman
- Priority: IT102017000046512 20170428
- International Application: PCT/IB2018/052904 WO 20180426
- International Announcement: WO2018/198066 WO 20181101
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/103 ; A61B5/11

Abstract:
Method for detecting biomechanical and functional parameters of the knee in a situation of performance stress, which comprises: a step for the set up of video recording means (1); a step for the set up of multiple optical markers (4) at specific landmark anatomic points (PA) of the foot and of the knee of a person; a step for the set up, at the plantar surface of the foot, of baropodometric means (5); a step for the acquisition, by means of the video recording means (1), of images of at least one reference action, and a step for the detection, by means of the baropodometric means (5), of baropodometric parameters; a step for calculating, from the baropodometric parameters, the coordinates of the center of pressure (COP) of the foot and of the constraining reaction force (FV) acting on the foot; a step for calculating a force arm (BF) given by the distance between the center of pressure (COP) and a reference point (PR) of the knee; a step for calculating a biomechanical parameter indicative of the valgus moment, derived from the vector product (PV) of the force arm (BF) and the constraining reaction force (FV).
Public/Granted literature
- US20200275881A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BIOMECHANICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS OF THE KNEE Public/Granted day:2020-09-03
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