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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard C Levin, Pasadena, CA (US);
Allan G Armstrong, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73172 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring foot forces during walking uses a specially configured spring seated in a transducer plate to transmit static and dynamic forces on the foot during walking to strain gauges mounted on the transducer plate, which, in turn, may be monitored and recorded for diagnostic purposes, particularly to aid in treating patients with lower extremity dysfunction.