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AssigneeThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation
InventorsEdward C. Benzel, Vincent J. Miele, Adam J. Bartsch, Lars G. Gilbertson
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Systems and methods are provided for determining an acceleration at a location of interest within one of a user's head and neck. At least one of linear acceleration data, angular acceleration data, angular velocity data, and orientation data is produced using at least one sensing device substantially rigidly attached to an ambient-accessible surface of the user's head. The location of interest is represented relative to a position of the at least one sensing device as a time-varying function. An acceleration at the location of interest is calculated as a function of the data produced at the sensing device and the time-varying function representing the location of interest. The calculated acceleration at the location of interest is provided to at least one of the user and an observer in a human-perceptible form.
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A head impact monitor system, comprising:
The system of claim 1, wherein assessing the translated vector comprises calculate one of a Head Impact Power parameter, a weighted principle component score, a strain energy, and a cumulative strain damage measure.
The system of claim 1, wherein assess the translated vector comprises calculate one of a peak pressure, a principal strain, a sheer stress, and a product of a strain and a strain rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.