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Physiologically paced ergomeric system

  • US 3,395,698 A
  • Filed: 10/01/1965
  • Issued: 08/06/1968
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1965
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. AUTOMATIC PHYSIOLOGICALLY PACED ERGOMETRIC SYSTEM COMPRISING:

  • SENSOR TRANSDUCER MEANS OF THE CHARACTER ADAPTED TO BE COUPLED TO A PHYSIOLOGICAL SOURCE OF WORK AND SOURCE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF SUCH WORK AT A GIVEN POINT IN TIME FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL OUTPUT SIGNAL RESPONSIVE TO AND REPRESENTATIVE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFORT ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SOURCE OF WORK;

    ELECTRICAL MEANS COUPLED TO SAID TRANSDUCER MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ANALOG SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATUS OF A PREDETERMINED PHYSIOLOGICAL CRITERION ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SOURCE;

    PROGRAMMER MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL ANALOG SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A PROGRAM OF DESIRED STATUS OF SAID PREDETERMINED PHYSIOLOGICAL CRITERION;

    COMPARATOR MEANS HAVING INPUT TERMINALS COUPLED TO SAID ELECTRICAL MEANS AND TO SAID PROGRAMMER MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ERROR SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE SAID ANALOG SIGNALS;

    AND VARIABLE WORK LOAD MEANS ADAPTED TO BE MECHANICALLY COUPLED TO SAID SOURCE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL WORK AND HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED CONTROL MEANS FOR REGULATING THE AMOUNT OF WORK INPUTTED TO SAID LOAD MEANS, SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING COUPLED TO SAID COMPARATOR MEANS.

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