公开(公告)号：US06468233B2

公开(公告)日：2002-10-22

申请号：US09892907

申请日：2001-06-26

申请人： Gerry Cook

发明人： Gerry Cook

IPC分类号： A61B5103

CPC分类号： A61B5/4561 ,  A61B5/103

摘要： A posture analyzer for analyzing a patient's spine having an upright standard secured to a base resting on a floor. A rectangular frame has one side frame member secured to the upright standard at a selected height. The frame member supports a markable panel, which panel includes an orthogonal grid pattern and a normal spine depiction on the panel. A bar holder is slidably secured to a second side frame member. The bar holder is moveable in the vertical direction along the second side frame member. The bar holder includes means for slidably holding a bar which extends in a horizontal direction parallel to the planar surface of the panel. A roller is secured to an end of the bar for rolling up and down a patient's spine, and a pen is secured to the opposite end of the bar for marking on the planar surface of the panel. When the roller is moved vertically and horizontally along a patient's spine, the pen makes a corresponding tracking mark on the panel.

公开(公告)号：US06440090B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-27

申请号：US09652741

申请日：2000-08-31

申请人： Rick Schallhorn

发明人： Rick Schallhorn

IPC分类号： A61B5103

CPC分类号： A61N1/36071

摘要： A patient activity level recorder and a patient therapy adjustment recorder are provided to obtain an historical representation of patient activity levels and therapy changes in the form of profiles which are stored for later retrieval. The patient activity level profile and the therapy adjustment profile may be used to objectively interpreting subjective patient information. The activity level recorder may include an accelerometer, the output of which is processed by a signal processor, programmed to interpret the sensor raw signal as one of a plurality of predetermined activity levels. In a preferred embodiment, data for rest, moderate and vigorous activity levels for each day in a recording period are stored for later retrieval and use by a physician, or possible by the patient where therapy is self-administered. The therapy adjustment recorder may include a processor for interpreting signals from a patient control interface to a pulse generator of a spinal chord stimulation system.

摘要翻译： 提供患者活动水平记录器和患者治疗调节记录器以获得患者活动水平的历史表示和以存储以供稍后检索的形式的治疗变化。 患者活动水平分布和治疗调整曲线可用于客观地解释主观患者信息。 活动度量记录器可以包括被信号处理器处理的加速度计，其被编程为将传感器原始信号解释为多个预定活动级别之一。 在优选的实施方案中，存储用于记录期间的每一天的休息，中度和剧烈活动水平的数据，以供医生随后检索和使用，或者由治疗是自行施用的患者可能使用。 治疗调节记录器可以包括用于解释从患者控制界面到脊髓和弦刺激系统的脉冲发生器的信号的处理器。

公开(公告)号：US06430831B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-13

申请号：US09705106

申请日：2000-11-02

申请人： Arjen Sundman

发明人： Arjen Sundman

IPC分类号： A61B5103

CPC分类号： A43D1/025 ,  A43D1/022 ,  A61B5/1074 ,  A61B5/1078

摘要： An apparatus for measuring a person's plantar contour having a foam impression block with a toe thickness and a heel thickness wherein the toe thickness is less than the heel thickness. A method for measuring a person's plantar contour using such a foam impression block by placing the plantar contour of the person's foot over the foam impression block such that the toes are over the toe thickness and the heel is over the heel thickness; and then pressing the plantar contour into the block to deform the block.

摘要翻译： 一种用于测量人的足底轮廓的装置，其具有具有趾部厚度和鞋跟厚度的泡沫压块，其中趾部厚度小于鞋跟厚度。 一种用于通过将人脚的足底轮廓放置在泡沫印模块上以使脚趾超过趾部厚度并且脚后跟超过鞋跟厚度来测量人的足底轮廓的方法。 然后将足底轮廓压入块中以使块变形。

公开(公告)号：US06409687B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-25

申请号：US09609424

申请日：2000-07-05

申请人： Eric M. Foxlin

发明人： Eric M. Foxlin

IPC分类号： A61B5103

CPC分类号： G01S15/87 ,  A61B5/1038 ,  G01C21/165 ,  G01S5/186 ,  G01S11/16 ,  G01S15/025

摘要： Tracking a motion of a body by obtaining two types of measurements associated with the motion of the body, one of the types including acoustic measurement. An estimate of either an orientation or a position of the body is updated based on one of the two types of measurement, for example based on inertial measurement. The estimate is then updated based on the other of the two types of measurements, for example based on acoustic ranging. The invention also features determining range measurement to selected reference devices that are fixed in the environment of the body.

摘要翻译： 通过获得与身体运动相关联的两种类型的测量来跟踪身体的运动，其中一种类型包括声学测量。 基于两种类型的测量，例如基于惯性测量来更新身体的方向或位置的估计。 然后基于两种类型的测量中的另一种，例如基于声学测距来更新该估计。 本发明还特征在于确定在身体环境中固定的所选参考装置的范围测量。

公开(公告)号：US06341429B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-29

申请号：US09451895

申请日：1999-12-01

申请人： Stuart Herskovitz

发明人： Stuart Herskovitz

IPC分类号： A61B5103

CPC分类号： A61B5/444

摘要： A bar of transparent soap contains a opaque rectilinear grid having square cells along a central plane of the bar of soap. In use, the soap applied to the skin of the user providing indication whether or not a skin abnormality such as a mole is growing.

摘要翻译： 一根透明的肥皂包含不透明的直线网格，沿着肥皂条的中心平面具有方形细胞。 在使用中，施用于使用者的皮肤的肥皂提供指示，例如痣等皮肤异常是否正在增长。

公开(公告)号：US06334852B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-01

申请号：US09429966

申请日：1999-10-29

申请人： V. Craig Seyl

发明人： V. Craig Seyl

IPC分类号： A61B5103

CPC分类号： A61B5/4528 ,  A61B5/1121 ,  A61B5/1126

摘要： A preferred joint movement monitoring system (10) includes a carrier (18) configured for wearing by a subject about a wrist thereof and a plurality of position sensors (12, 14, 16) coupled with the carrier (18) for sensing various hand positions of the subject. The preferred carrier (18) is in the form of an elastic wrist band that encompasses the wrist and adjacent portions of the hand and forearm without covering any portions of the subject's fingers. The preferred sensors (12, 14, 16) include Hall effect sensors mounted to the carrier (18) on the forearm side of the wrist.

摘要翻译： 优选的关节运动监测系统（10）包括被配置为被受试者围绕其手腕佩戴的托架（18）和与托架（18）联接的多个位置传感器（12,14,16），用于感测各种手位 的主题。 优选的载体（18）是弹性腕带的形式，其包围手腕和手和前臂的相邻部分，而不覆盖被检者手指的任何部分。 优选的传感器（12,14,16）包括安装在手腕前臂侧的托架（18）上的霍尔效应传感器。

公开(公告)号：US06334837B1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-01

申请号：US09554436

申请日：2000-07-19

申请人： Achim Hein ,  Markus Becker

发明人： Achim Hein ,  Markus Becker

IPC分类号： A61B5103

CPC分类号： A47C15/004 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/1116 ,  A61B5/6892 ,  G06F3/002 ,  G06F3/0354

摘要： The invention relates to a method for training body parts of a person in a sitting position, by preselecting a desired movement and generating movement signals form a movement of a sitting person, via a sensor unit.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于通过预先选择期望的运动并通过传感器单元产生由坐着的人的运动产生运动信号来训练坐在位置上的人的身体部位的方法。

公开(公告)号：US06306107B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-23

申请号：US09576820

申请日：2000-05-24

申请人： Helge Myklebust ,  Helge Fossan

发明人： Helge Myklebust ,  Helge Fossan

IPC分类号： A61B5103

CPC分类号： G09B23/288 ,  A61B5/1036 ,  A61B5/113 ,  A61H31/007 ,  A61H2201/5061 ,  A61H2201/5084 ,  A61N1/3925 ,  G06F19/00

摘要： A system for measuring parameters during chest compression in a life-saving situation or a practice situation is provided, in which a pressure pad containing e.g. an accelerometer and a force activated switch (SW), as well as a calculation unit (B), is positioned on a patients chest, alternatively on or inside a manikin's chest, in order to register parameters such as depression distance, duration or rate of depressions during chest compression.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在挽救生命或情况下在胸部按压期间测量参数的系统，其中， 加速度计和力激活开关（SW）以及计算单元（B）被定位在患者胸部，或者在人体模型的胸部上或内部，以记录诸如抑郁距离，持续时间或速率的参数 胸部压迫期间的凹陷。

公开(公告)号：US06287266B1

公开(公告)日：2001-09-11

申请号：US09410382

申请日：1999-09-30

申请人： Richard H. Sandler ,  Hussein A. Mansy

发明人： Richard H. Sandler ,  Hussein A. Mansy

IPC分类号： A61B5103

CPC分类号： A61B7/008

摘要： A method and apparatus for characterizing gastrointestinal sounds includes a microphone array to be positioned on a body for producing gastrointestinal sound signals. The signals are digitized and their spectra and duration is determined by a processor. A characterization as to the state of the gastrointestinal tract is made on the basis of the spectra and duration of the sound or event.

摘要翻译： 用于表征胃肠道声音的方法和装置包括：麦克风阵列，其位于身体上，用于产生胃肠道声音信号。 信号被数字化，其光谱和持续时间由处理器确定。 根据声音或事件的频谱和持续时间，对胃肠道状态进行表征。

公开(公告)号：US06264621B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-24

申请号：US09430184

申请日：1999-10-29

申请人： William C. Paske

发明人： William C. Paske

IPC分类号： A61B5103

CPC分类号： A61B5/225 ,  A61B5/0488 ,  A61B5/4528

摘要： A non-invasive system and method are provided for determining the presence or absence of neural, muscular, soft tissue, bone or joint damage or other disease affecting a person's hand. A preferred system includes a plurality of digit contact members, one of which is engageable by the person's thumb and others which are engageable by other digits of the hand, at least one of the other digits being innervated by the ulnar nerve. Force detectors are operatively connected to at least two of the digit contact members for measuring the quantity of force applied to the respective digit contact members by at least one digit innervated by the median nerve and a digit innervated by the ulnar nerve, as they engage in a natural gripping motion. The measured forces may be used to calculate quality indices useful in the diagnosis of disease and the monitoring of progression of disease.

摘要翻译： 提供非侵入性系统和方法来确定是否存在影响人的手的神经，肌肉，软组织，骨或关节损伤或其他疾病。 优选的系统包括多个数字接触构件，其中一个数字接触构件可由人的拇指和其他可与其他数字接合的其他数字接合，其他数字中的至少一个由尺神经支配。 力检测器可操作地连接到至少两个数字接触构件，用于通过至少一个由正中神经支配的数字和由尺神经支配的数字来测量施加到各个数字接触构件的力的数量，因为它们啮合 自然的夹持动作。 测量的力可用于计算可用于诊断疾病和监测疾病进展的质量指标。