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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Junkang J. Liu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Timothy M. Dietz, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to new methods of determining elongation, tension and applied pressure of elastic bandages comprising tension indicators. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of detecting elongation of an elastic bandage (e.g. on a mobile computing device having a processor and graphical user interface) is described. The method comprises receiving image data that includes a digital photograph of an elongated tension indicator of an elastic bandage; analyzing the image data to determine elongation of the elastic bandage by comparing geometric features of the elongated tension indicator to model geometric features that define a predetermined elongation state (such as an unelongated state); and providing output indicia associated with the determined elongation. Also described are various articles, some of which are intermediate articles of the methods described herein. Such articles include non-transient computer readable medium, a three-dimensional member comprising at least one layer of certain elastic bandages. In one embodiment, the elastic bandage comprises a tension indicator and a computer readable code.