William Lindsay Walter,Ronald Mark Gillies,Shane McCarthy Donohoo
申请号:
US12920016
公开号:
US08790278B2
申请日:
2009.02.26
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
An orthopaedic device for generating one or more strain signals representative of the strain in a bone in response to a force applied to the bone. The device includes an encircling member (11) for encircling the bone of a subject and a sensor member (13) connected thereto, the sensor member including a strain sensor (14). In a preferred embodiment the strain sensor comprises one or more bridging members configured to break when subjected to a particular strain.