公开(公告)号：US20230121081A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US17962597

申请日：2022-10-10

Applicant: University of Houston System

Inventor： Pranav J. Parikh

IPC: A61B5/11 ,  A63H33/00 ,  G01L1/22

Abstract: A hand function testing device includes a base having a number of rigid wires protruding from a surface thereof, each rigid wire having a stationary bead affixed at a predetermined position along the rigid wire, a moving bead movably mounted on the rigid wire and movable along a working region of the rigid wire defined between a base-end of the rigid wire and the stationary bead, the moving bead being mounted on the rigid wire via reception of the rigid wire through a lumen in the moving bead, and at least one force sensing element for measuring a force input to the moving bead. A method of testing hand function includes using the hand function testing device to measure a force input to a moving bead as the moving bead is moved within a working region on the rigid wire.