Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for assessing proprioceptive function
- Patent Title (中): 评估本体感受功能的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11979467Application Date: 2007-11-02
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Publication No.: US08277396B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Stephen H. Scott , Ian E. Brown
- Applicant: Stephen H. Scott , Ian E. Brown
- Applicant Address: CA Kingston, ON
- Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
- Current Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
- Current Assignee Address: CA Kingston, ON
- Agent Stephen J. Scribner
- Main IPC: A61B5/103
- IPC: A61B5/103

Abstract:
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for assessing proprioception in a subject. One embodiment of an apparatus of the invention comprises two articulating members attachable to a pair of limbs of a subject, and provides data relating to geometry and/or location and/or motion of each limb in 2- or 3-dimensional space. The apparatus may include means for monitoring gaze direction. The apparatus may comprise a robotic linkage. One embodiment of the method comprises obtaining data relating to the geometry and/or location and/or motion of the limbs, or portions thereof, of a subject as the subject performs a matching task. Another embodiment comprises obtaining data relating to the location of a limb of a subject, together with data relating to gaze direction as the subject looks toward the perceived location of limb.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080108883A1 Method and apparatus for assessing proprioceptive function Public/Granted day:2008-05-08
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