Gait cycle force monitor

Details Gait cycle force monitor Gait cycle force monitor

1992-11-16

1996-04-30

Sikes, Angela D.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

73172, A61B 5103

Patent

active

055115616

ABSTRACT:
A foot-pad monitor to detect the amount of force translated though a patient's heel in each gait cycle is described. The foot-pad has a tactile force sensor, means to translate a force applied to the sensor to a voltage, a comparator circuit and an annunciator. The comparator, which can be analog or micro-processor controlled, has a set point and an amplifier that is activated when the voltage from the sensor exceeds the set point. The piezo-electric annunciator is driven by the amplifier to warn the patient that excessive force is being translated through the heel. In the analog embodiment the reference voltage can be varied by adjusting linearly variable pots. Also described is a remote unit to set the set point limit in the micro-processor controlled embodiment.

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