Methods and devices for preventing ankle sprain injuries
AssigneeThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
InventorsKai-Ming Chan, Tik Pui Daniel Fong, Shu Hang Patrick Yung
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Abstract
Devices and methods for preventing ankle sprain injuries. To protect the ankle joint from acute ankle supination or inversion sprain injuries, the device comprises a sensing part configured to sense data of an ankle motion; an analyzing part configured to analyze the data to judge whether the motion is a sprain motion; and a stimulating part configured to stimulate one or more lower limb muscles against the motion in light of a result of the analyzing. The method also involves sensing data of an ankle motion; analyzing the data to judge whether the motion is a sprain motion; and stimulating one or more lower limb muscles against the motion if the motion is a sprain motion.
Claims22
A device for preventing an ankle sprain injury, comprising:
- a sensing part configured to sense data related to ankle motion;
- an analyzing part configured to analyze said data to determine whether said motion is a sprain motion, and configured to generate a trigger signal once said data received about a motion exceeds a preset threshold indicative of said sprain motion;
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- a stimulating part configured to stimulate one or more lower limb muscles in response to the trigger signal transmitted from the analyzing part to prevent said sprain motion,
- wherein the data sensed by the sensing part is an ankle inversion velocity.
A method for preventing an ankle sprain injury, comprising:
- sensing data related to ankle motion;
- analyzing the data to determine whether said motion is a sprain motion by determining whether said data exceeds a preset threshold indicative of said sprain motion;
- generating a trigger signal if said preset threshold is exceeded by said data;
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- stimulating one or more lower limb muscles in response to said trigger signal to prevent said motion if the motion is a sprain motion,
- wherein the sensed data is an ankle inversion velocity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.