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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2001
Uri Tasch, Baltimore, MD (US);
Benny Erez, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Alan M. Lefcourt, Elkridge, MD (US);
Mark Varner, New Carrollton, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A computer-based diagnostic system is provided to detect and analyze ground reaction forces produced by an animal passing through the diagnostic system, and includes, in one aspect, a first plate and a second plate disposed adjacent the first plate, a first plurality of load cells, and a second plurality of load cells. Each of the first and second plurality of load cells are configured to detect, respectively, a force applied to the first plate and the second plate along at least one axis and output signals representative of the detected force. A processor is provided to execute at least one force analysis instruction set, whereby the force analysis instruction set receives the signals output from the first and second plurality of load cells and calculates, a magnitude and location of a force applied to either of the first plate and the second plate.