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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2016
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Hawkins, Davis, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/0492 (2006.01); A61B 5/0488 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4585 (2013.01); A61B 5/0492 (2013.01); A61B 5/1121 (2013.01); A61B 5/1126 (2013.01); A61B 5/702 (2013.01); A61B 5/0488 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0261 (2013.01); A61B 2562/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices and methods are disclosed for quantifying temporal changes in human anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) structural properties, such as Anterior-Posterior tibial shear force (TSF) and Anterior-Posterior tibial shear displacement (TSD) for testing ACL overuse injury during training and minimizing or preventing ACL injury.