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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:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul J. Biermann, Columbia, MD (US);
Jack C. Roberts, Columbia, MD (US);
Russell P. Cain, Columbia, MD (US);
Bliss G. Carkhuff, Laurel, MD (US);
Michael Kleinberger, Clarksville, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 7/00 ; G09B 2/328 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 7/00 ; G09B 2/328 ;
Abstract
An instrumented torso model that simulates anatomical features and measures the effects on a body caused by various types of impacts. Simulated bone having material properties similar to that of healthy human bone is surrounded by simulated tissue. At least one sensor array is attached to either or both of the simulated bone and the simulated tissue for measuring the effects of the impacts.