Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...
Patent
1997-08-04
1999-08-24
Chilcot, Richard
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...
73172, A61B 500
Patent
active
059418354
ABSTRACT:
The method of the invention maps pressure applied by resilient body surface onto a plurality of movable gauge pins. The method includes the steps of: providing relative movement between the resilient body and the movable gauge pins to cause the gauge pins to come into contact with the body so as to define a three dimensional surface which approximates the surface of the body; measuring the position of each of the gauge pins as a reference position of each; using a spring element to apply a pressure to each of the gauge pins; measuring a position of each of the gauge pins after application of the pressure, to determine a test position of each gauge pin; subtracting the reference position of each gauge pin from the test position of each gauge pin to determine a pressure displacement of each gauge pin; and utilizing the pressure displacement and a spring constant of the spring elements which applied the pressure to the movable gauge pins to derive a pressure exerted upon each gauge pin by the resilient body surface to enable a subsequent analysis thereof.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2378039 (1945-06-01), Schenker
patent: 4517696 (1985-05-01), Schartz
patent: 4876758 (1989-10-01), Rolloff et al.
Amfit Inc.
Chilcot Richard
Worth Willie Morris
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