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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, GB;
Dilichukwu Anumba, Sheffield, GB;
Timothy James Healey, Sheffield, GB;
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, Sheffield, GB;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining a force Fapplied to a tip of an electrical impedance spectroscopy probe includes a load cell, accelerometer, and a processing means. The probe tip has a substantially planar distal end for contacting human or animal tissue. The load cell measures the force Fapplied axially along a longitudinal axis when the probe tip is in contact with human or animal tissue. The accelerometer measures a gravity vector A. The apparatus includes a means for compensating for the mass of the probe tip using the measured force and the gravity vector to produce a calibrated measurement force F applied to the probe tip.