Medical analysis and recording system
AssigneeBVP Holding, Inc.
InventorRobert A. Piane, Jr.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for monitoring, recording and analysis of exercise in an exercise machine of the type which uses a cable, having a proximal end and a distal end, and a device, such as a handle, that enables a user to push or pull the proximal end of the cable against a resistance that is coupled to the distal end of the cable. A sensor or “load cell” mounted on the frame structure of the machine, for producing an electronic signal representing the instantaneous tensile force in the cable, and an electronic computer or the like, coupled to receive the electronic signal, for storing values representing the tensile force in the cable as a function of time.
Claims20
Exercise equipment comprising, in combination:
- (a) a frame structure having at least one cable exit point;
- (b) a cable having a proximal end and a distal end, the cable passing through said cable exit point with the proximal end of the cable being attached to a device that enables a user to push or pull the proximal end of the cable in a first direction away from the frame structure;
- (c) a resistance device, mounted on the frame structure and coupled to the cable, for applying a tensile force to the cable such that, when the handle at the proximal end of the cable is pulled in the first direction by a user, said resistance device applies an opposing force thereto, and when the handle is released, it causes the cable to move in an opposite, second direction;
- (d) a first sensor mounted on said frame structure for producing a first electronic signal representing the instantaneous tensile force in said cable;
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- (e) an electronic circuit, coupled to receive said first electronic signal, for storing values representing the tensile force in said cable as a function of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.