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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
William C. Paske, Missouri City, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A non-invasive system and method of determining the presence or absence of neural, muscular, soft tissue, bone or joint damage to a person's hand and/or wrist. The system includes a plurality of force members, one of which is engageable by the person's thumb and two of which are engageable by other digits of the hand, at least one of the other digits being innervated by the ulnar nerve. Force detectors are operatively connected to at least two of the force members for measuring the quantity of force applied through respective force members as the thumb and other digits are brought toward each other in a natural gripping motion. The measured forces are displayed for analysis of the hand and/or wrist.