Molten Corporation

Hidekazu Okazaki

Maki Mimura

A distortion generating sheet () intervenes between a first and a second flexible sheets () and (), respectively, with one end () thereof fixed to the first sheet (), and the other end () fixed to the second sheet (). As a consequence, when a shear takes place across the first and second sheets () and (), respectively, the shear is conveyed to the distortion generating sheet (). A strain gauge () fixed to the distortion generating sheet () detects and measures the distortion generated by the shear in the distortion generating sheets (). A third sheet () is further provided with its periphery bonded to the first sheet () to form a closed space. The force bearing the patient is measured by measuring the pressure in the space formed.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Hidekazu Okazaki