Intrinsic perceptual motor training device
First Claim
1. In a perceptual motor training device comprising means for retraining a patient after interruption of the neurological functions of such patient by intrinsically training that patient to recognize the spatial position and orientation of a particular body part relative to other parts of his body, with that means including test area defining means for defining a test area which has the spatial limits and orientation thereof prescribed according to desired spatial limits of the particular body part relative to other parts of the patient'"'"'s body for a particular motor function for which the patient is being retrained and/or tested, with the test area defining means including two reference beam generators each of which generates a beam for defining a first portion of the test area and two beam receivers for determining when the spatial position and/or orientation of the particular body parts relative to other parts of that patient'"'"'s body are in error with regard to a desired spatial position and/or orientation of the particular body parts relative to other parts of the patient'"'"'s body in the particular retraining and/or testing, each beam receiver being oriented to receive a beam generated by each of said two beam generators, and signal generating means coupled to each of said beam receivers for signalling the patient in a non-tactile manner whenever the particular body part of the patient'"'"'s body associated with the particular motor function being tested and/or trained interrupts one of said beams, the improvement in combination therewith comprising:
- recording means for recording whenever a patient'"'"'s body part moves out of the test area, said recording means including a pulse signal generating means coupled to the beam receiving means and generating a pulse signal whenever the beam is interrupted, said pulse signal generating means includes a phototransistor located to have at least one of the beams generated by the beam generators incident thereon, a Schmitt--trigger inverter connected to said phototransistor, and a monostable connected to said Schmitt--trigger inventer.
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Abstract
An intrinsic perceptual motor training device comprising a data recording apparatus for recording when a patients body moves out of a test area. The data recording apparatus includes a pulse generator that generates a signal pulse whenever a beam of light associated with a test area defining elements is interrupted. The pulse generator is coupled to a strip chart to mark a real time strip chart whenever one of the test area defining beams is interrupted. The pulse generator can also be connected to a computer and the signal pulse used in conjunction with data analysis software.
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1. In a perceptual motor training device comprising means for retraining a patient after interruption of the neurological functions of such patient by intrinsically training that patient to recognize the spatial position and orientation of a particular body part relative to other parts of his body, with that means including test area defining means for defining a test area which has the spatial limits and orientation thereof prescribed according to desired spatial limits of the particular body part relative to other parts of the patient'"'"'s body for a particular motor function for which the patient is being retrained and/or tested, with the test area defining means including two reference beam generators each of which generates a beam for defining a first portion of the test area and two beam receivers for determining when the spatial position and/or orientation of the particular body parts relative to other parts of that patient'"'"'s body are in error with regard to a desired spatial position and/or orientation of the particular body parts relative to other parts of the patient'"'"'s body in the particular retraining and/or testing, each beam receiver being oriented to receive a beam generated by each of said two beam generators, and signal generating means coupled to each of said beam receivers for signalling the patient in a non-tactile manner whenever the particular body part of the patient'"'"'s body associated with the particular motor function being tested and/or trained interrupts one of said beams, the improvement in combination therewith comprising:
recording means for recording whenever a patient'"'"'s body part moves out of the test area, said recording means including a pulse signal generating means coupled to the beam receiving means and generating a pulse signal whenever the beam is interrupted, said pulse signal generating means includes a phototransistor located to have at least one of the beams generated by the beam generators incident thereon, a Schmitt--trigger inverter connected to said phototransistor, and a monostable connected to said Schmitt--trigger inventer. - View Dependent Claims (2)
Specification
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Current AssigneeJames Mcmullen, William Stahl
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Original AssigneeJames Mcmullen, William Stahl
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InventorsMcMullen, James, Stahl, William
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Primary Examiner(s)Apley, Richard J.
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Assistant Examiner(s)RICHMAN, GLENN E
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Application NumberUS07/698,846Time in Patent Office393 DaysField of Search434/247, 434/255, 434/258, 434/112, 434/255, 364/413, 364/522, 364/559, 272/70, 272/93, 273/DIG. 27, 128/782, 128/640, 128/710, 128/15 R, 128/634, 128/697, 128/664, 128/630, 128/775, 128/732, 128/779US Class Current434/258CPC Class CodesA61B 5/1038 Measuring plantar pressure ...G09B 19/003 Repetitive work cycles; Seq...Y10S 273/27 Blind and color blind
