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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2023
Applicant:
Robert A. Connor, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventor:
Robert A. Connor, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medibotics LLC, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); G01P 15/02 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6804 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); G01P 15/02 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0223 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an article of smart clothing which automatically recognizes body configuration and motion. This smart clothing includes inertial motion units which are distal relative to selected joints and also sets of strain sensors which span those joints. The type of energy transmitted through a strain sensor can be electrical energy or light energy. Combined multivariate analysis of data from both inertial motion units and strain sensors provides more accurate recognition of body configuration and motion than data from either alone.