Multiparameter method for quantifying balance

US11607166B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR
• ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE PARIS-SACLAY · FR
• UNIVERSITE DE PARIS DESCARTES · FR
• ETAT FRANCAIS—MINISTERE DE LA DEFENSE—DIRECTION CENTRALE DU SERVICE DE SANTE DES ARMEES · FR

Inventors

• Nicolas Vayatis · Paris, FR
• Pierre Paul Vidal · Paris, FR
• Nikolaos Promponas Kefalas · Munich, DE
• Julien Audiffren · Fribourg, CH
• Alain Yelnik · Malakoff, FR
• Catherine De Waele Vidal · Paris, FR
• Damien Ricard · Clamart, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 21, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H50/30
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for quantifying the balance of an individual recording, on a memory, at least one statokinesigram of the individual obtained from a platform comprising pressure and/or force sensors; extracting, by a processor and from the at least one statokinesigram of the individual recorded on the memory, values of at least one position trajectory parameter of the pressure center and values of at least one stability trajectory parameter of the pressure center; determining, by the processor, the value of a plurality of quantifiers, from the values of the trajectory parameters extracted; comparing, by the processor, said values of the plurality of quantifiers with the values of the same quantifiers obtained from reference statokinesigrams; and determining, by the processor, said value representative of the balance of the individual at the end of the comparison.