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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Kreg George Gruben, Stoughton, WI (US);
Wendy Lee Boehm, Madison, WI (US);
Kieran Marc Nichols, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4023 (2013.01); A61B 5/103 (2013.01); A61B 5/1036 (2013.01); A61B 5/1121 (2013.01); A61B 5/6887 (2013.01); A61B 5/7278 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A63B 2220/16 (2013.01); A63B 2220/52 (2013.01); A63B 2220/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus with one or more force plates senses of center-of-pressure and force-angle in the sagittal plane for a standing individual to provide an indication of balance capability based on the deduced functional relationship between center-of-pressure and force-angle within a limited band of frequencies. In one embodiment this relationship may be expressed as an intersection point of the force vectors with respect to the individual's center-of-mass.