System and method for optical pressure sensing of body part
AssigneeThe General Hospital Corporation
InventorsHamid Ghaednia, Joseph H. Schwab, Sophie Lloyd, Kelsey Detels, Allison Sweeney, David Shin, Amanda Lans
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Abstract
A system for analyzing a body part of a subject includes a sensor interface having a surface for receiving the body part. A light source emits light having multiple wavelengths within the sensor interface to be reflected by the body part interacting with the surface. An imaging system captures images of the reflected light. A computing device generates a pressure distribution map of the body part on the surface based on the images.
Claims24
A system for analyzing a body part of a subject, comprising:
- a sensor interface having a surface for receiving the body part;
- a light source for emitting light having multiple wavelengths within the sensor interface to be reflected by the body part interacting with the surface;
- an imaging system for capturing images of the reflected light;
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- a computing device for generating a pressure distribution map of the body part on the surface based on the images.
A method for analyzing a body part of a subject, comprising:
- receiving the body part on a contact surface of a sensing interface;
- emitting light having multiple wavelengths within the sensing interface;
- acquiring images of the light reflected by the body part interacting with the contact surface;
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- generating a pressure distribution map of the body part on the contact surface based on the images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.