Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Quantification of force during soft tissue massage for research and clinical use
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Application No.: US15757468Application Date: 2016-09-16
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Publication No.: US11534362B2Publication Date: 2022-12-27
- Inventor: Mary T. Loghmani , Sohel Anwar , Ahmed Alotaibi , Keith L. March , Stanley Chien
- Applicant: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/052164 WO 20160916
- International Announcement: WO2017/049104 WO 20170323
- Main IPC: A61H7/00
- IPC: A61H7/00 ; G16H20/30 ; G16H10/60

Abstract:
A manually-operated quantification soft tissue mobilization (QSTM) device includes a pressure applicator and a sensor member. The pressure applicator is configured to enable a user to dynamically apply a stroking mechanical force as the pressure applicator is moved over an area treatment areas of a patient's soft tissue. The sensor member including an accelerometer and a gyrometer is configured to determine various parameters of the dynamically applied stroking mechanical force in three dimensions as the pressure applicator is moved over the treatment areas of the patient's soft tissue. These parameters include a force magnitude in three dimensions, an angle in multiple axes, a stroke position, a stroke frequency, a sensed vibration magnitude at dominant spectral frequencies, and/or a rate of the stroking mechanical force dynamically applied to the soft tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180243158A1 QUANTIFICATION OF FORCE DURING SOFT TISSUE MASSAGE FOR RESEARCH AND CLINICAL USE Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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