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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
William Ross Heneveld, Jr., Portage, MI (US);
Thomas Alan Puvogel, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Chad Conway Souke, Vicksburg, MI (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/012 (2006.01); A61G 5/08 (2006.01); A61G 5/10 (2006.01); G01B 7/16 (2006.01); A61G 1/013 (2006.01); A61G 1/017 (2006.01); A61G 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G 7/012 (2013.01); A61G 1/013 (2013.01); A61G 1/017 (2013.01); A61G 5/08 (2013.01); A61G 5/104 (2013.01); A61G 13/06 (2013.01); G01B 7/16 (2013.01); G01B 7/18 (2013.01); A61G 2203/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strain gauge assembly includes a member and a strain gauge supported by the member spaced. The strain gauge further includes a bearing surface and a contact surface spaced from the bearing surface. When the member is subject to a predetermined bending force, the bearing surface contacts the contact surface wherein at least a portion of the bending force bypasses the strain gauge and instead is transferred from the bearing surface to the contact surface.