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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Frank Mokaya, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Pei Zhang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4519 (2013.01); A61B 5/0004 (2013.01); A61B 5/0024 (2013.01); A61B 5/1101 (2013.01); A61B 5/1107 (2013.01); A61B 5/1126 (2013.01); A61B 5/224 (2013.01); A61B 5/7203 (2013.01); A61B 5/725 (2013.01); A61B 5/7257 (2013.01); A61B 5/7267 (2013.01); A61B 5/7278 (2013.01); A61B 5/7425 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01);
Abstract
A muscle activity and skeletal monitoring system and method are disclosed. A network of at least two distributed inertial sensor nodes are configured to communicate with each other over a first interface. Each of the inertial sensor nodes comprises at least one sensor configured to sense muscle vibrations and monitor body motion. A muscle activity recognition and motion tracking and visualization methods also are disclosed.