Peripheral Sensory And Supersensory Replacement System

• US 20120109013A1
• Filed: 10/28/2011
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc.
• Original Assignee: Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc.
• Inventors: Everett, Breanne, Groenland, Marcel
• Granted Patent: US 10,004,428 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/587
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/046 in a matrix array
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1036 Measuring load distribution, e.g. podologic studies
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1038 Measuring plantar pressure during gait
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4047 afferent nerves, i.e. nerves that relay impulses to the central nervous system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6807 Footwear
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/72 Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes character recognition, recognising digital ink, document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00; recognition or understanding of postal images G06V30/424
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7455 characterised by tactile indication, e.g. vibration or electrical stimulation

Abstract

A sensor-based quantification and analysis system includes an input device including a plurality of sensors that generate an input based on a force. The input device also includes a transmission device that transmits force information based on the input. The system also includes an output device that receives the force information. A processing unit selects, for each of the plurality of sensors, one of a plurality of levels of a likelihood of tissue damage based on the force and a predetermined time period. Further, the output device includes a display that presents or logs the one of the plurality of levels of the likelihood of tissue damage for each of the plurality of sensors.

Claims

1. A sensor-based quantification and analysis system, comprising:

an input device including

a plurality of sensors that generate an input based on a force, and

a transmission device that transmits force information based on the input; and

an output device that receives the force information, wherein

a processing unit selects, for each of the plurality of sensors, one of a plurality of levels of a likelihood of tissue damage based on the force and a predetermined time period, and

the output device includes a display that presents or logs the one of the plurality of levels of the likelihood of tissue damage for each of the plurality of sensors.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the input device further includes a sensor that senses supersensory data, the transmission device transmits supersensory information based on the supersensory data to the output device, and the display presents or logs feedback data based on the supersensory information.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display presents the one of the plurality of levels of the likelihood of tissue damage using at least one of a visual display and a tactile display.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the display presents the one of the plurality of levels of the likelihood of tissue damage using the tactile display, the tactile display is at least one of electro-tactile, vibro-tactile, and temperature-tactile, and the tactile display is affixed to a back.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the tactile display is arranged to provide a neuroplastic effect.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display logs and stores the one of the plurality of levels of the likelihood of tissue damage remotely from the input device.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display presents the one of the plurality of levels of the likelihood of tissue damage using an auditory method.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display includes a visual output unit that displays a plurality of areas corresponding to locations of the plurality of sensors.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the output device includes a wristband.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the input device further includes a temperature sensor and a moisture sensor, the transmission device transmits information based on a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor and a moisture sensed by the moisture sensor, and the display presents information based on the temperature and the moisture.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is located in at least one of the input device and the output device.

12. A sensor-based quantification and analysis system, comprising:

an input device including

a plurality of means for generating an input based on a force, and

means for transmitting force information based on the input;

an output device that receives the force information; and

means for selecting, for each of the plurality of means for generating, one of a plurality of levels of a likelihood of tissue damage based on the force and a predetermined time period, and

the output device includes display means that present or log the one of the plurality of levels of the likelihood of tissue damage for each of the plurality of means for generating.

13. A quantification and analysis method, comprising:

generating an input based on a force, using a plurality of sensors;

transmitting force information based on the input;

receiving the force information;

selecting, for each of the plurality of sensors, one of a plurality of levels of a likelihood of tissue damage based on the force and a predetermined time period; and

presenting or logging the one of the plurality of levels of the likelihood of tissue damage for each of the plurality of sensors.