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Systems and methods of treating proprioceptive dysfunction and vestibular disorders

OwnerJames Walter Turnerinventor

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Abstract

The systems, methods, apparatuses, and articles disclosed herein provide a new approach to treatment symptoms, such as proprioceptive dysfunction and vestibular disorders, which may be caused by certain types of human ailments. According to the present disclosure, a wearable article may include one or more limb sections and a resilient member may be provided along a length of each of the one or more limb sections and configured to generate a resistance force. Adjustments to the resistance force provided by the resilient member(s) may be adjusted using cord locks. As a user wearing the wearable article moves, the resistance force is applied to the user's limbs. Strain gauges may be provided to measure the resistance force(s), which enables verification that the resilient members are sized and configured to provide an appropriate amount of resistance force to a user and may improve programs and regimens designed to treat such ailments.

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A wearable article comprising:

a first limb section;
a second limb section;
a body section joining the first limb section and the second limb section;
a first resilient member spanning a length of the first limb section and configured to generate a first resistance force;
a first cord lock slideably engaging the first resilient member, wherein the slideable engagement of the first cord lock with the first resilient member is configured to adjust the first resistance force provided by the first resilient member;
a second resilient member spanning a length of the second limb section and configured to generate a second resistance force;
a second cord lock slideably engaging the second resilient member, wherein the slideable engagement of the second cord lock with the second resilient member is configured to adjust the second resistance force provided by the second resilient member;
a first electronic strain gauge configured to measure the first resistance force provided by the first resilient member, wherein the first electronic strain gauge is coupled to a first end of the first resilient member and the first cord lock is proximate a second end of the first resilient member;
and
a second electronic strain gauge configured to measure the second resistance force provided by the second resilient member, wherein the second electronic strain gauge is coupled to a first end of the second resilient member and the first cord lock is proximate a second end of the second resilient member.

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A system comprising:

a wearable article including at least a first limb section;
a first resilient member spanning a length of the first limb section and configured to generate a first resistance force;
and
a first cord lock slideably engaging the first resilient member, wherein the slideable engagement of the first cord lock with the first resilient member is configured to adjust the first resistance force provided by the first resilient member;
a second resilient member spanning a length of a second limb section and configured to generate a second resistance force;
and
a second cord lock slideably engaging the second resilient member, wherein the slideable engagement of the second cord lock with the second resilient member is configured to adjust the second resistance force provided by the second resilient member;
a first electronic strain gauge configured to measure the first resistance force provided by the first resilient member, wherein the first electronic strain gauge is coupled to a first end of the first resilient member and the first cord lock is proximate a second end of the first resilient member;
a second electronic strain gauge configured to measure the second resistance force provided by the second resilient member, wherein the second electronic strain gauge is coupled to a first end of the second resilient member and the second cord lock is proximate a second end of the second resilient member;
a communication interface communicatively coupled to the first electronic strain gauge and the second electronic strain gauge, the communication interface configured to:
receive first information representative of the first resistance force from the first electronic strain gauge and second information representative of the second resistance force from the second electronic strain gauge;
and
transmit the first information and the second information to a remote device via a wireless communication link;
and
an application executable by one or more processors of the remote device, the application configured to:
receive the first information and the second information via the wireless communication link;
and
present the first information and the second information to a user of the remote device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/657,940Filed 18 Oct 2019
Published: US 2021/0113152 A122 Apr 2021
Granted: 6 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification29 codes

A61B 5/6801
Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient: specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the…
A63B 21/065
User-manipulated weights: worn on user's body
A41D 13/1281
Patients' garments: with incorporated means for medical monitoring
A61B 5/11
Measuring devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes: measuring…

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