Method, device and system for assesing the quality of balance
US10791980B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 21, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G23/3742
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method, device, and system for the assessment of the quality of balance and for alerting from an impairment of balance of a subject. The device comprises a plate for receiving the feet of a subject and mounted on a plurality of pressure sensors measuring vertical forces applied to the plate, wherein the method comprises the measurement, by means of the pressure sensors thereof, of vertical forces applied to the plate, at least before and while the subject mounts the device (1) and the calculation, according to the measured values, of parameters that are relevant for the assessment, including at least one parameter relating to at least one slowdown in the rise of the values measured by the pressure sensors thereof, when the subject mounts the device.
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