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US 12,502,100 B2Granted
System and method for determining optimal angle for a foot
OwnerEric Ward, Keith Clarkinventors
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Abstract
An assembly and a method is described. The assembly includes a platform, a motive source, a sensor, a controller and a computerized system. The computerized system has logic configured to cause a processor to send a signal to the controller to cause the motive source to move the platform through at least a portion of a range of inclination angles and to receive data indicating at least one of muscle activity, movement, and ground reaction force applied to the platform at a determined angle, and to cause the processor to analyze the data to determine an orthotic angle for a user's foot.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a stationary base;
- a platform supported by the stationary base, the platform having at least one axis and configured to move through a range of inclination angles around the at least one axis;
- a motive source operably connected to the platform and configured to move the platform through at least a portion of the range of inclination angles;
- at least one sensor adjacent to the platform and configured to generate first data indicative of a dynamic balancing parameter, the dynamic balancing parameter being a quantitative measurement of how well a user is dynamically balancing on the platform;
- a controller operably connected to the motive source, the controller configured to operate the motive source to move the platform;
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- a computerized system having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable memory storing logic, the logic configured to cause the processor to send a signal to the controller to cause the motive source to move the platform through at least a portion of the range of inclination angles during a period of time in which a user balances on one foot on the platform and to receive the first data from the at least one sensor and determine the dynamic balancing parameter for a plurality of the inclination angles by measuring at least one of muscle activity, movement, and ground reaction force applied to the platform at the plurality of inclination angles;
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- wherein the logic is configured to cause the processor to measure an orthotic angle for the user's foot by analyzing the dynamic balancing parameters for the plurality of the inclination angles to determine an inclination angle of the platform that has a best dynamic balancing parameter, the inclination having the best dynamic balancing parameter being the orthotic angle for the user's foot.
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A method, comprising:
- moving a platform supported by a stationary base through a series of inclination angles by a motive source operably connected to the platform;
- obtaining, via a sensor located adjacent to the platform, data indicative of a user dynamically balancing on the platform on one foot at a plurality of the inclination angles;
- determining, by a computerized system having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing logic, dynamic balancing parameters for the user's foot at the inclination angles by measuring at least one of muscle activity, movement and ground reaction force applied to the platform at the inclination angles, the dynamic balancing parameters being a quantitative measurement of how well a user is dynamically balancing on the platform;
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- objectively analyzing, by the processor, the dynamic balancing parameters to determine one of the inclination angles at which a least amount of force is being transferred onto the platform, the inclination at which the user is most balanced being an orthotic angle for the user's foot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.