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US 2017/0281074 A1Published application
Shoulder Monitoring and Treatment System
AssigneeActive4D, Inc.
InventorsDarryl D'Lima, Heinz Hoenecke, David G. Matsuura
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Abstract
A system and method is used to monitor, control, and/or provide feedback relative to one or more factors related to a patient's body, such as a shoulder, pursuant to a treatment process. The system monitors, controls, and/or provides feedback relative to shoulder factors including shoulder motion, shoulder muscle contraction, and external pressure on the shoulder.
Claims25
A shoulder analysis system, comprising:
- a patch having a front side and a back side, the patch sized and shaped to be positioned on shoulder region of a wearer;
- at least one sensor on the patch, the at least one sensor configured to sense an element associated with the shoulder;
- a communication component on the patch, the communication component configured to communicate a signal to and from the system;
- an attachment element that secures at least a portion of the back side of the band to skin of the wearer;
- wherein the patch includes at least one opening that provides a visual line of sight through the patch when the patch is positioned on a wearer's shoulder.
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A method of managing data related to a shoulder, comprising:
- positioning a monitoring device on a shoulder region of a person, the monitoring device comprising a patch having at least one sensor that contacts the person's skin when positioned on the shoulder region of the person;
- activating the monitoring device so that the at least one sensor interacts with the shoulder region to obtain data related to the shoulder region;
- acting on the data related to the shoulder region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.