Surgery: kinesitherapy – Kinesitherapy – Exercising appliance
Patent
1994-08-31
1996-01-16
Cheng, Joe H.
Surgery: kinesitherapy
Kinesitherapy
Exercising appliance
7337901, 482 8, 482902, A61H 102
Patent
active
054843898
ABSTRACT:
A personal orthopedic restraining device for use to restrain flexibly connected body portions of an individual and a method of use are provided. The personal orthopedic restraining device includes a restraining mechanism which restrains movement of a first flexibly connected body portion relative to a second flexibly connected body portion. A stress sensor is operatively attached to the restraining mechanism to provide an output signal representative of a sensed stress in the restraining mechanism. A memory storage device is also included. A controller is operatively coupled to the stress sensor and the memory storage device to process the stress sensor output signal according to a previously programmed routine to obtain a routine result. The controller stores the routine result in the memory storage device such that the routine result can be used by the personal orthopedic restraining device to monitor movement of flexibly connected body portions.
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Lund Richard G.
Nelson Cecil H.
Rogers Brynn D.
Stark John G.
Cheng Joe H.
Stark John G.
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