Reflex hammer with sensors
AssigneeVade Mecum LLC
InventorsWilliam David Freeman, Mark Philip Grek
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Abstract
A system includes a first device having a handle, a head coupled to the handle, a bumper supported by a first end of the head and adapted to be used to strike a patient tendon, a force sensor coupled to the bumper and adapted to generate force data in response to force encountered by the bumper and to generate force data, a first accelerometer coupled to generate head acceleration data in response to movement of the head, and first circuitry to capture the force data and acceleration data. The system may further include second device having a housing adapted to be coupled to the patient limb, a second accelerometer supported by the housing to generate limb acceleration data, and second circuitry to capture the acceleration data.
Claims21
A computer implemented method comprising:
- receiving first acceleration data and force data from a first accelerometer and force sensor of a reflex hammer used to strike a patient tendon;
- receiving second acceleration data from a second accelerometer coupled to a limb of the patient in response to the strike of the patient tendon;
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- processing the received data to characterize the patient response to the strike.
A machine-readable storage device having instructions for execution by a processor of a machine to cause the processor to perform operations to perform a method, the operations comprising:
- receiving first acceleration data and force data from a first accelerometer and force sensor of a reflex hammer used to strike a patient tendon;
- receiving second acceleration data from a second accelerometer coupled to a limb of the patient in response to the strike of the patient tendon;
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- processing the received data to characterize the patient response to the strike.
A computer implemented method comprising:
- receiving first acceleration data from a first accelerometer coupled to a reflex hammer used to strike a patient tendon;
- receiving first pressure data from a pressure sensor coupled to a bumper of the reflex hammer used to strike the patient tendon;
- receiving second acceleration data from a second accelerometer coupled to a limb of the patient in response to the strike of the patient tendon;
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- processing the received data to identify characteristics of the received data including one or more of time of strike, time of movement of the limb, time of reflex, peak response time, response decay, and impact force;
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- correlating the characteristics of the received data to medically characterize a patient condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.