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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4517696 | System and method for forming custom-made shoe inserts An automatic system for forming custon-made shoe inserts for a person's feet from a pair of blanks is provided with a foot impression mechanism including a pair of pin arrays for simultaneously forming an impression of the contour of the undersurface of e... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4503705 | Flexible force sensor The flexible force sensor having an electrical conductor releasably attachable to a test site and a plurality of relatively spaced electrical contacts supported for varying contact with the conductor such that when a force is applied to the force sensor, ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4426884 | Flexible force sensor The flexible force sensor having an electrical conductor releasably attachable to a test site and a plurality of relatively spaced electrical contacts supported for varying contact with the conductor such that when a force is applied to the force sensor, ... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4416292 | Method and apparatus for determining the neutral axis of a foot or the like A method for determining the neutral axis of a foot or the like, as well as an apparatus therefore. The neutral axis can be conveniently defined as the orientation of the subtalar joint wherein its relationship to adjacent bones is such that there is no m... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4416293 | Method and apparatus for recording gait analysis in podiatric diagnosis and treatment This invention is a method and apparatus for practicing the method in which data may be uniquely recorded concerning the gait of a patient undergoing diagnosis and/or treatment in connection with podiatric matters. The method includes a special video reco... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4387472 | Torque absorber with biofeedback A two-element prosthesis is provided with a resilient connector that permits limited rotation of one element relative the other about the three axes of the two elements as defined by the junction of the two elements. The resilient connector further absorb... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4267728 | Apparatus for analyzing the forces acting on a human foot Apparatus for analyzing the force acting on the human foot comprises television cameras for photographing the gait of the subject and for photographing the plantar surface of his foot through a transparent platform. The platform comprises a plurality of b... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4201226 | Combination instrument for taking biomechanical measurements A combination instrument, for use in making biomechanical measurements of the limbs, joints, and appendages of a human body, comprises a scaled straightedge adapted to slidably receive thereon a set of mutually cooperative caliper arms which, themselves, ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4195643 | Diagnostic force analysis system A system operable to measure the time varying forces transmitted by a body and to combine the forces transmitted by different parts of the body. The system can be employed to measure physiological forces associated with motion of the body such as the gait... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4152748 | Multiple transducer A transducer system comprising, a multiple capacitive transducer having a flexible dielectric sheet of elastic nonconductive material, a first plate of flexible conductive material defining a region located adjacent a first surface of the sheet, and a plu... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4136682 | Apparatus particularly for evaluating the functionality of man locomotive faculties It is described a man locomotive functionality evaluating apparatus comprising a rigid platform adapted to support a subject walking thereonto and exercising on it a force and/or pressure due to said walking; a plurality of force and/or pressure transduci... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4122840 | Apparatus for analyzing the balancing function of the human body A person to be tested steps on a pair of foot steps, and a plurality of body load detectors sense the body load of the person, as applied to the foot steps. An arithmetic circuit receives the body load signals and provides difference signals which are dis... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4062355 | Device for use in evaluating the lower leg and foot A device for use in making biomechanical or orthopedic evaluations of the lower leg and foot employs a heel stationing arrangement to automatically provide a reference line parallel to the vertical bisection of the calcaneus bone. A forefoot measuring dev... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4014398 | Weight distribution measuring instruments Weight Distribution Measuring Instruments which provide accurate simultaneous readings showing how a patient's weight is distributed between the heels and balls of his feet whereby to provide clinical information to a physician as to whether or not an inj... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4004290 | Method and apparatus for judging psychosomatic condition of the driver in motor vehicle A method and apparatus for judging the psychosomatic condition of the driver in a motor vehicle, wherein engine-lock means are provided to control the ignition system of the engine. Prior to starting of the engine, the driver must go through a stationary ... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3974491 | Load signaling device for a patient's foot A device for signaling a patient when a predetermined load is placed on the patient's foot comprises a resilient foot pad having a toe end and a heel end and adapted to substantially cover the inner sole of a shoe. A resilient liquid filled tube is mounte... | 08/10/1976 |
