Joint movement monitoring system

Details Joint movement monitoring system Joint movement monitoring system

1998-02-20

1999-11-09

O'Connor, Cary

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...

600595, A61B 5103

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059804726

ABSTRACT:
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.

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