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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
V. Craig Seyl, Lenexa, KS (US);
Assignee:
Motionwatch L.L.C., Lenexa, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 ;
Abstract
A preferred joint movement monitoring system ( ) includes a carrier ( ) configured for wearing by a subject about a wrist thereof and a plurality of position sensors ( ) coupled with the carrier ( ) for sensing various hand positions of the subject. The preferred carrier ( ) is in the form of an elastic wrist band that encompasses the wrist and adjacent portions of the hand and forearm without covering any portions of the subject's fingers. The preferred sensors ( ) include Hall effect sensors mounted to the carrier ( ) on the forearm side of the wrist.