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Patent No.:

US 10073522 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2014

Articles of handwear for sensing forces applied to medical devices

Applicant:

Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Timothy M. Kowalewski, Saint Paul, MN (US);

Sachin Bijadi, Bengaluru, IN;

Darrin D. Beekman, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Assignee:

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Harshad R Patel

Assistant Examiner:

Brandi Hopkins

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/18 (2006.01); G01L 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G01L 5/22 (2006.01); G01L 5/16 (2006.01); A61B 42/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/014 (2013.01); A61B 42/10 (2016.02); G01L 5/162 (2013.01); G01L 5/228 (2013.01); A61B 2034/741 (2016.02);
Abstract

An article of handwear for grasping a medical device in a medical environment includes a base adapted to be worn by a hand of a wearer. A sensor assembly is carried by the base. The sensor assembly is adapted to sense a force applied by the hand of the wearer, via the article of handwear, to the medical device. The sensor assembly is adapted to provide information regarding at least one shear component of the forces sensed by the sensor assembly.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kowalewski, Timothy. (2018). Articles of handwear for sensing forces applied to medical devices (U.S. Patent No. 10073522). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10073522

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