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US 4,361,154 AGranted
Method for establishing, in vivo, bone strength
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorGeorge W. Pratt, Jr.
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Abstract
A method for establishing, in vivo, the strength of bone in a live being such as, for example, a horse. The method permits determination of the speed of travel of sound through the bone and the strength of the bone is assessed on the basis of said speed of travel.
Claims5
A method of establishing, in vivo, the strength of a member, that comprises:
- (a) launching an acoustic pulse through the member and surrounding soft tissue;
- (b) determining the propagation time of the acoustic pulse in the soft tissue and the total propagation time through the soft issue and the member;
- (c) from the two propagation times thus determined, determining the speed of propagation of the acoustic pulse through the member;
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- (d) relating the speed of propagation through the member, as determined in (c), to the strength of the member.
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