Erik N. Kubiak,Kylee North,Emmon Johnny Chen,Jacob Joseph Hanson,Zachary John Collins,Robert W. Hitchcock
申请号：
US12833214
公开号：
US08758272B2
申请日:
2010.07.09
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
Systems, devices, and methods for measuring an under foot load profile of a tibial fracture patient during a period of partial weight bearing are described. The system may include a walking boot cast. A housing, including an inner surface and an upper surface that cooperate to define an inner cavity, may be oriented with respect to a patients tibia. The upper surface is slidably received within the inner cavity in a piston and cylinder configuration. The system may include a pressure sensor configured to monitor the load profile of a patient during the desired period of partial weight bearing. The pressure sensor may be located below the upper surface. The system may include a noncompressible force transmitter positioned within the inner cavity and at least partially encapsulating an upper portion of the pressure sensor to transmit pressure within the housing to the pressure sensor.
