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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Stephen J. Heisig, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Katsuyuki Sakuma, Fishkill, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01B 7/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6826 (2013.01); A61B 5/1077 (2013.01); A61B 5/1125 (2013.01); A61B 5/4082 (2013.01); A61B 5/449 (2013.01); A61B 5/4842 (2013.01); G01B 7/18 (2013.01); G01B 7/20 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0261 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor includes a bridge circuit including one or more strain gauges mounted on a nail plate, the bridge circuit outputting a voltage signal, an amplifier circuit amplifying the voltage signal output by the bridge circuit to generate an amplified signal, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter converting the amplified signal into a digital signal, a controller receiving the digital signal and facilitating communication with a receiver, and an antenna configured to transmit the digital signal.