公开(公告)号：US09844335B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-19

申请号：US13631498

申请日：2012-09-28

Applicant: Marc Stein ,  Gabriel Carrasco

Inventor： Marc Stein ,  Gabriel Carrasco

IPC: A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/117 ,  A61F2/38 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/07

CPC classification number: A61B5/4528 ,  A61B5/076 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61B5/4509 ,  A61B5/4585 ,  A61B5/686 ,  A61B5/6878 ,  A61B5/7225 ,  A61B2562/0252

Abstract: A measurement device suitable to measure a force, pressure, or load applied by the muscular-skeletal system is disclosed. The measurement module includes a unitary circuit board that couples electronic circuitry to sensors. In one embodiment, the sensors are integrated in the unitary circuit board. Using more than one sensor allows the position of applied load by the muscular-skeletal system to be measured. In one embodiment, the sensors of a sensor array can be elastically compressible capacitors. A load plate can underlie the sensor array. Similarly, a load plate can overlie the load plate. Load plates are rigid structures for distributing a force, pressure, or load. The measurement device can include an articular surface for allowing movement of the muscular-skeletal system. A remote system can be in proximity to the measurement device. The remote system can receive, process, and display data from the measurement module in real-time.

公开(公告)号：US20170348181A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-07

申请号：US15524676

申请日：2015-11-06

Applicant: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)

Inventor： Yves Perriard ,  Zoltan Pataky ,  Daniel Grivon ,  Yoan René Cyrille Civet

IPC: A61H9/00

CPC classification number: A61H9/0078 ,  A43B13/203 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61H9/005 ,  A61H23/0218 ,  A61H2023/0227 ,  A61H2201/0134 ,  A61H2201/0192 ,  A61H2201/1207 ,  A61H2201/1238 ,  A61H2201/1246 ,  A61H2201/1409 ,  A61H2201/164 ,  A61H2201/1654 ,  A61H2201/1664 ,  A61H2201/5002 ,  A61H2201/5005 ,  A61H2201/5007 ,  A61H2201/5056 ,  A61H2201/5071 ,  A61H2205/12 ,  A61H2205/125

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for adjusting pressure locally acting on the skin. Said system includes a set of adjacent modules distributed so as to form a layer. Each module includes a cushion capable of changing shape and comprising a cavity, a valve, a tank, and a pressure sensor, wherein the cavity and the tank are in communication with each other by means of the valve, and the sensor is placed so as to sense pressure directly or indirectly acting on the cushion. The system also includes a feedback loop arranged such as to increase or decrease the change in the shape of the cushion on the basis of the pressure detected by the sensor. The system according to the invention can be built into a shoe so as to re-establish normal plantar pressure under the entire sole of the foot, which is particularly desirable for athletes or for patients suffering from diabetes mellitus or leprosy. It is also possible to incorporate the system according to the invention into a (bed or wheelchair) mattress so as to prevent decubitus ulcers in patients with neurological diseases (hemiplegia, paraplegia, tetraplegia, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and any other sensory and/or motor deficit diseases.

公开(公告)号：US20170347945A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-07

申请号：US15173536

申请日：2016-06-03

Applicant: ERMI, Inc.

Inventor： Thomas P. Branch ,  Shaun K. Stinton ,  Edward Dittmar ,  Nathaniel K. deJarnette ,  T. Christopher Madden

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/11

CPC classification number: A61B5/4585 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61B5/1121 ,  A61B5/1127 ,  A61B5/1128 ,  A61B5/4528 ,  A61B5/6828 ,  A61B5/6829 ,  A61B5/702

Abstract: A knee examination method includes the steps of situating a patient on a patient support adjacent a robotic knee testing apparatus, setting up the robotic knee testing apparatus, further setting up the leg of the patient relative to the robotic knee testing apparatus, and, after the steps of setting up and further setting up, examining knee laxity of a knee of the patient. The step of examining includes operating the robotic knee testing apparatus to manipulate the tibia positioning assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20170332956A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15531457

申请日：2015-12-30

Applicant: ERGOVIEW S.R.L.

Inventor： Giuseppe Bigolin ,  Luca Bartoli

IPC: A61B5/22 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/107 ,  B62M3/08 ,  B62K21/12 ,  B62K3/02 ,  B62J1/00 ,  A61B5/11 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/024

CPC classification number: A61B5/222 ,  A61B5/0062 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/02438 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61B5/107 ,  A61B5/1077 ,  A61B5/1079 ,  A61B5/1114 ,  A61B5/1116 ,  A61B5/1121 ,  A61B5/1128 ,  A61B5/4884 ,  A61B5/6807 ,  A61B5/6895 ,  A61B5/745 ,  A61B2562/0247 ,  A61B2576/00 ,  B62J1/007 ,  B62K3/02 ,  B62K21/12 ,  B62M3/08 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  G05B2219/49023

Abstract: A system for biomechanical analysis of user posture and automatic customized manufacture of bicycle parts includes a servo-assisted simulator having a handlebar, a saddle, pedal cranks, and actuators, a device detecting input data that includes a 3D scanner for automatically detecting the position of body segments of the user and the angular ranges therebetween and generating three-dimensional physical data units, an electronic platform detecting pressure data of the user, a pair of insoles detecting plantar pressure, a computer connected to the actuators and to the detection device, a memory unit storing optimized initial data and instantaneous data, software comparing the optimized initial data and the instantaneous data and generating final data of the characteristics of the main parts, a spatial representation device spatially representing the final data, and a device for immediate manufacture of the parts using 3D printers. A method of biomechanical analysis and custom manufacture of bicycle parts.

公开(公告)号：US20170311896A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15526756

申请日：2015-11-13

Applicant: STYFOLOGIE-CENTER GMBH

Inventor： Otto MORGER

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B5/107 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/055 ,  A61B6/04

CPC classification number: A61B5/70 ,  A61B5/0033 ,  A61B5/0064 ,  A61B5/0555 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61B5/1072 ,  A61B5/1079 ,  A61B6/032 ,  A61B6/0407 ,  A61B6/0492

Abstract: The patient couch (1) serves for carrying out radiological medical imaging examinations by X-ray, tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance and other imaging methods. The person rests thereon in lying position for the creation of tomographic and other images. The patient couch is equipped with a capturing device, for measuring the patient's body or certain sites of the patient's body by optical, laser-optical, mechanical or electromechanical methods and/or devices. The couch has footrests for positioning the soles of the feet as when standing on vertical supporting faces with natural spreading of the feet, as well as portions for capturing at least the positions of the knee joints, the hip joint, the pelvic bone, the shoulders and the head. Further, the couch is equipped with pressure sensors for measuring the local supported weights of the various supported body sites, for reproducibly capturing the position of the skeleton with regard to its center axis as well as any rotations of shoulder and/or hip.

公开(公告)号：US09782108B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-10

申请号：US14862651

申请日：2015-09-23

Applicant: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED

Inventor： Atsuki Shimizu

IPC: G08B21/22 ,  A61B5/11 ,  G08B21/04 ,  G08B29/18 ,  A61B5/103

CPC classification number: A61B5/1115 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61B2562/0247 ,  A61G2203/34 ,  G08B21/0461 ,  G08B21/22 ,  G08B29/185

Abstract: A bed-leaving sensor for detecting bed-leaving by a user on a bed, including: a sitting position detection member that detects a sitting position of the user based on a detection value of a pressure sensor arranged on the bed; a foot movement detection member for detecting foot movement of the user based on the detection value of the pressure sensor; and a bed-leaving behavior detection member that detects bed-leaving behavior of the user with the sitting position or the foot movement being detected within a preset bed-leaving expectation region as a condition.

公开(公告)号：US09766115B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-19

申请号：US14849706

申请日：2015-09-10

Applicant: Tanita Corporation

Inventor： Yoshio Sakai ,  Tomoko Takehara

IPC: G01G19/50 ,  A61B5/103 ,  G01G19/44 ,  A61B5/00

CPC classification number: G01G19/44 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61B5/4023 ,  G01G19/50

Abstract: A balance ability measurement apparatus acquires load information on weight of a user as measured during a period of a stand-up movement which is a period of time from when the user starts the stand-up movement to when the user stabilizes standing posture. Based on the load information, the balance ability measurement apparatus calculates load change information on change in the weight of the user. Further, based on the load information, the balance ability measurement apparatus calculates left-right displacement information on displacement of the user in left-right direction. Based on the load change information and the left-right displacement information, the balance ability measurement apparatus calculates a balance ability evaluation value on balance ability of the user.

公开(公告)号：US09763807B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-19

申请号：US15211812

申请日：2016-07-15

Applicant: Zimmer, Inc.

Inventor： Jody L. Claypool ,  Steven E. Stump

IPC: A61F2/46 ,  A61F2/38 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61F2/30

CPC classification number: A61F2/4684 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61F2/30734 ,  A61F2/3868 ,  A61F2/389 ,  A61F2/461 ,  A61F2002/3042 ,  A61F2002/30556 ,  A61F2002/30599

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a provisional tibial prosthesis system for a set of prosthetic knee joints for implantation in a natural knee, the provisional tibial prosthesis system including a bearing component and a bearing support, the spacing of the bearing component from the bearing support is adjustable to allow for representation of a variety of different sized final tibial prostheses. In this system, only one provisional bearing component corresponding to each level of constraint is needed and shims are used to adjust the spacing of the bearing component from the bearing support. The shims are slidably insertable between the bearing component and the bearing support in an anterior/posterior direction to allow for adjustment of the spacing of the bearing component from the bearing support. The number of provisional components needed during knee surgery is reduced and adjustment of the system only requires the knee joint to be distracted by a distance equal to the height of a particular shim.

公开(公告)号：US09757610B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US15032934

申请日：2014-10-28

Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Panagiotis Artemiadis ,  Andrew Barkan

IPC: A63B22/02 ,  A63B69/00 ,  A63B24/00 ,  A63B21/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/103

CPC classification number: A63B22/0292 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61B5/6892 ,  A63B21/00181 ,  A63B22/02 ,  A63B22/0221 ,  A63B22/0235 ,  A63B24/0087 ,  A63B69/0064 ,  A63B2024/0093 ,  A63B2220/18 ,  A63B2220/52

Abstract: A variable stiffness treadmill system having a variable stiffness mechanism, a split-belt treadmill, a counterweight system, and a body weight support for supporting an individual and varying the stiffness below the individual on the treadmill for research and rehabilitation.

公开(公告)号：US20170245799A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-31

申请号：US15595599

申请日：2017-05-15

Applicant: REQBO APS

Inventor： Jesper Fleischer ,  Anders Geert Jensen

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  G08B21/18 ,  A61B5/103

CPC classification number: A61B5/6892 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61B5/1038 ,  A61B5/447 ,  A61B5/6807 ,  A61B5/7405 ,  A61B5/742 ,  A61B5/7455 ,  A61B5/746 ,  A61B2562/0247 ,  A61B2562/0271 ,  A61B2562/029 ,  G08B21/182

Abstract: Embodiments relates to a method and apparatus for risk stratification, monitoring, detection and prediction of adverse events in bedridden people. The method and apparatus can be used to prevent heath related conditions in people.