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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Robert Rennaker, Sachse, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); G01P 15/03 (2006.01); G01P 15/135 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4064 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/6814 (2013.01); G01P 15/036 (2013.01); G01P 15/135 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention comprises apparatuses and methods of detecting impacts to the head. Accelerometers attached to a user's head and neck or body is used to measure the differential acceleration of the head with respect to the neck or body. A differential acceleration exceeding a certain threshold may be indicative of the user suffering a traumatic brain injury.