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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:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Britton Chance, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Performance Predictions, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1286532 ; 272 70 ;
Abstract
The muscle efficiency of a subject is evaluated with apparatus comprising a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analytical device which comprises a hollow electromagnet having a bore of sufficient size to receive the subject. Any type of animal can be evaluated, in a preferred embodiment a horse or a human is analyzed. A treadmill within the bore and beneath the subject is utilized to produce locmotion of the subject at different rates of work. The NMR analytical device is used to measure at different rates of work the following ratio within a locomotion-producing muscle mass of the subject: