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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. 16, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas M. Crabb, Middleton, WI (US);
Robert C. Richter, Cambridge, WI (US);
Anthony J. Kelhcut, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
Orbital Technologies, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 ;
Abstract
A lower limb load monitor for providing feedback to a patient or user when a preselected force load is met or exceeded on a patient's or user's foot. The device includes one or more thin film force sensing elements positioned beneath the user's foot and connected with control means for providing a signal when a predetermined threshold force is met.