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Apparatus for monitoring the motion components of the spine

  • US 5,143,088 A
  • Filed: 05/06/1991
  • Issued: 09/01/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for monitoring the motion components of the spine during movement of a patient, comprising:

  • movement sensing means for simultaneously monitoring movement in each of three separate planes,support means for mounting said movement sensing means on the back of a patient such that said movement sensing means simultaneously monitors movement of the spine of the patient in each of the lateral, sagittal, and transverse planes, and such that the patient is fully ambulatory, andmeans connected to said movement sensing means for producing an output signal representative of the angular position of the spine in each of said lateral, sagittal, and transverse planes when said movement sensing means is mounted on the back of the patient.

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