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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
May. 24, 2021
Tactile Systems Technology, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Harold David Shockley, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Geoffrey Albert Marcek, Austin, TX (US);
Robert Wiley Ellis, Miramar, FL (US);
TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device system including a wearable harness worn, during use, on a torso of a subject. Engines coupled to the wearable harness apply an oscillation force to at least one treatment area of the subject in order to mobilize at least some secretions in an airway within the subject substantially adjacent to the at least one treatment area. The wearable harness is secured on the subject using one or more straps coupled to the wearable harness. A controller determines a tension force applied by at least one of the straps by receiving measurements of at least one property from a force sensing element (e.g., a force sensor) integrated with the strap. The tension force may also be correlated to forces being applied to the subject by the engines.