Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lower limb loading assessment systems and methods
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Application No.: US16509426Application Date: 2019-07-11
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Publication No.: US11744485B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Mark Finch , Thor Franciscus Besier
- Applicant: IMEASUREU Limited
- Applicant Address: NZ Parnell
- Assignee: IMEASUREU Limited
- Current Assignee: IMEASUREU Limited
- Current Assignee Address: NZ Parnell Auckland
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Priority: NZ 2954 2014.03.25
- Main IPC: A61B5/11
- IPC: A61B5/11 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/103 ; G01P15/00 ; G01P15/18

Abstract:
A lower limb loading assessment system having at least one motion sensor mounted to a subject's lower limb that is configured to sense the tibial shockwaves experienced by the lower limb as the subject performs a repetitive physical activity involving repetitive footstrikes of the lower limb with a surface. The motion sensor comprises an accelerometer that is configured to sense acceleration data in at least three axes and generate representative acceleration data over a time period associated with the physical activity. The acceleration data represents a series of discrete tibial shockwaves from the discrete footstrikes. A data processor receives the tibial shockwave data and processes that to generate output feedback data comprising data to assist the subject to minimize future loading in their lower limbs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190328284A1 LOWER LIMB LOADING ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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