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Motionwatch L.l.c.

V Craig Seyl

Gerald R Scott

John L Emrich

Wayne L Peterson

James P Moulton

A preferred joint movement monitoring system ( ) includes a carrier ( ) configured for wearing by a subject about a wrist thereof and a plurality of position sensors ( ) coupled with the carrier ( ) for sensing various hand positions of the subject. The preferred carrier ( ) is in the form of an elastic wrist band that encompasses the wrist and adjacent portions of the hand and forearm without covering any portions of the subject's fingers. The preferred sensors ( ) include Hall effect sensors mounted to the carrier ( ) on the forearm side of the wrist.

Joint movement monitoring system

A preferred joint movement monitoring system (10) includes a carrier (18) configured for wearing by a subject about a wrist thereof and a plurality of position sensors (12, 14, 16) coupled with the carrier (18) for sensing various hand positions of the subject. The preferred carrier (18) is in the form of an elastic wrist band that encompasses the wrist and adjacent portions of the hand and forearm without covering any portions of the subject's fingers. The preferred sensors (12, 14, 16) include Hall effect sensors mounted to the carrier (18) on the forearm side of the wrist.

Treatment apparatus supporting a patient lying in a generally prone or supine position for manipulation includes a base and a table supported thereabove for movement between selected different horizontal positions or working levels for treatment of the patient. The table is tiltable toward and away from an upright position for facilitating the patient in mounting and dismounting before and after treatment and includes a foot piece adjacent an end of the table for supporting the patient when mounting and dismounting. A plurality of cushions are mounted for movement along the table to selectably adjustable positions for accommodating patients of different size and shape. The table includes an electrically powered drive system for movement of table components for controlling the different selected working levels for the convenience of a particular chiropractor or other practitioner, the tilting action and cushion position adjustments and a memory is provided in a control system so that table positions and movements for a particular patient and treatment practitioner are automatically repeatable. One or more automatic self-cocking, electrically controlled drops are provided for cushions on the table to initiate automatic lifting and recocking of the drop so that the practitioner can maintain continuous hand contact with the patient being treated while successive drops are performed. The drops automatically measure the patient's weight and provide for a selectively adjustable amount of downward force exerted by the practitioner for initiating a drop of the cushion in a direction selected.

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Lenexa, KS, United States of America

V Craig Seyl