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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
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:
Assistant Examiner:
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.