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WO1996039078A1 - Procede et dispositif pour enregistrer et analyser les forces agissant sur une partie du corps d'un individu - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif pour enregistrer et analyser les forces agissant sur une partie du corps d'un individu Download PDF

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WO1996039078A1
WO1996039078A1 PCT/FI1996/000319 FI9600319W WO9639078A1 WO 1996039078 A1 WO1996039078 A1 WO 1996039078A1 FI 9600319 W FI9600319 W FI 9600319W WO 9639078 A1 WO9639078 A1 WO 9639078A1
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Jouni Haapalainen
Timo Kaikkonen
Martti KÄRKKÄINEN
Erkki Vauramo
Jukka Lekkala
Risto Poramo
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/68—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient
    • A61B5/6887—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices
    • A61B5/6892—Mats
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/103—Measuring devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes
    • A61B5/1036—Measuring load distribution, e.g. podologic studies
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/22—Ergometry; Measuring muscular strength or the force of a muscular blow
    • A61B5/224—Measuring muscular strength
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/45—For evaluating or diagnosing the musculoskeletal system or teeth
    • A61B5/4538—Evaluating a particular part of the muscoloskeletal system or a particular medical condition
    • A61B5/4542—Evaluating the mouth, e.g. the jaw
    • A61B5/4547—Evaluating teeth

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  • the invention relates to a method and device for registering and analysing distribution of forces on a subject's body part.
  • PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride
  • the aim is a transducer plate with tens of measuring points and attachable to uneven surfaces.
  • the suitable transducer plate must be flexible.
  • the transducer plate must stand heavy stresses undamaged. In some applications it should be nearly disposable so that expensive solutions are out of question.
  • EMF-film Electro Mechanical Film
  • This kind of bubble film is a thin plastic film with very small gas bubbles whose surface has been provided with electric charge.
  • This film can be applied as a force, pressure, touch or limit switch transducer or a microphone.
  • a voltage when a voltage is applied to the film, it deforms and it can be employed as a loudspeaker or electrical actuator.
  • the advantage of this film is higher sensitivity and low price compared to other similar products like the PVDF film, for example.
  • the film needs no separate control voltage but the charge distribution in it establishes the biasing. Only a suitable current/voltage converter or charge amplifier is needed to measure the signal.
  • the film can be effectively protected against external disturbances.
  • the film can be easily flexed and it can be stretched on convex surfaces, if need be.
  • the object of this invention is to provide a novel transducer combination suitable for registering distribution of forces on a subject's body part containing several transducer elements made of the above mentioned bubble film.
  • the object of the invention is also to provide a method and apparatus which enables one to register and analyse distribution of forces on a subject's body part.
  • transducer elements according to the invention which according to one embodiment is a flexible plate, can in principle be made in several ways.
  • the bubble film structure described above is divided into several sections by a suitable dielectric material so that both the plastic films containing bubbles and the metal films covering them of the adjacent sections are completely isolated from each other.
  • This kind of matrix type transducer plate is preferably manufactured so that a bubble film covered with a metal film is cut into small pieces which are attached to each other.
  • a transducer plate can be manufactured from a solid bubble film covered with a patterned electrode plane.
  • the transducer plates can be manufactured so that individual finger-like transducer elements made of the metal coated bubble film are embedded in the hollows of a plate made of a flexible dielectric material.
  • Transducer elements of arbitrary shape and suitable for the purpose may be cut from the thin metal coated film (thickness ca. 0.1 mm) and their area may vary from a few millimetres up to square meters. The surfaces need not be flat since the film may be flexed even onto spherical surfaces.
  • the different transducer elements used in physiotherapic applications may have the same or different area.
  • a sole- transducer combination from separate transducer elements which are attached either right to the sole or to an insole of dielectric material in the shoe.
  • the surface of a seat-transducer combination may form a matrix with 16x16 (or 32x32) transducer elements.
  • the sizes of the regions may be weighed in proportion to the areas.
  • the regions most important for the measurement may have a denser arrangement of transducers.
  • the overall area of the transducer may be of the order of 30 cm x 40 cm, for example.
  • the required electronics e.g. the signal amplifiers
  • a varying force acting on the surface of the transducer combination according to the invention produces in each transducer element a charge proportional to the force acting on it.
  • the magnitude of the charge increases linearly with the force.
  • the frequency band of the transducer element is several hundreds of kilohertzes and the resonance frequency is about 170 kHz.
  • One embodiment of the invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring distribution of forces on a subject's body part in ambulatory conditions in which case the stored signals can be handled at a later time and in a separate location.
  • the electric signals from different transducer elements may be amplified, if need be, by buffer amplifiers on the transducer elements.
  • the signals are stored either in a digital or analog memory.
  • the amplified signals are taken to a so-called measuring card which transforms analog signals into digital form and stores them in the memory card from which they can be transferred e.g. via an RS- 232-interface into a programmed processor for processing.
  • the method according to the invention can be performed in laboratory circumstances.
  • the signals converted into digital form are transferred directly through a cable (e.g. RS-232 interface) into a programmed processor for processing.
  • Suitable signal amplifiers are e.g. surface-mounting components with low current noise which operate in a current amplifying circuit and perform signal preprocessing (integration).
  • the amplifiers are placed appropriately on the fringe of the transducer combination.
  • the measuring card must have a sufficient number of channels so that the signals from each transducer element can be processed separately. If necessary two or more cards may be used in parallel.
  • Suitable memory cards are e.g. the PCMCIA type memory cards in which case data transfer from the measuring instrument into the analysing unit (computer) may be carried out by merely transferring the memory card.
  • the signals fed into the computer may be visualised with a display terminal or a recorder.
  • the programmed processor may calculate various values from the signals and compare them with one another.
  • Information obtained by the method and apparatus according to the invention may be widely utilized e.g. in physiotherapy like in the design of artificial limbs, seats, bed cushions, and orthopaedic supports.
  • dental occlusion e.g. in connection with tooth filling or fitting of various kinds of dentures.
  • Fig. 1 shows a front view of a section of a transducer element
  • Fig. 2 shows a side view of the section of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 3 shows one embodiment of a transducer combination
  • Fig. 4 shows another embodiment of a transducer combination
  • Fig. 5 shows a solution for interfacing several transducer elements.
  • Figs 1 and 2 show the bubble film 11 of a transducer element 10 surrounded by a laminated layer 12.
  • the reference number 11a in the figures denotes a bubble film wire.
  • Reference number 13 denotes a connector and 14 a preamplifier.
  • Fig. 3 shows a transducer combination 20 of several individual transducer elements 10 adapted to a sole 30. From the preamplifier 14 the signals go through a flat cable 15 into a data acquisition system 16 which in this solution is connected directly to a computer 17. Alternatively the data acquisition system 16 could have been connected to a portable memory card (ambulatory solution) .
  • Fig. 4 shows a transducer combination 20 applied in an artificial limb solution.
  • the transducer combination 20 is a tubular arrangement which surrounds the surfaces of a limb stump 50.
  • the artificial limb 40 (the artificial limb 40 is partly sectioned) in turn surrounds the transducer combination 20.
  • Data are collected by separate pressure transducers 10 and taken through the preamplifier 14 and the cable 15 via the data acquisition system 16 into the memory card 18.
  • Fig. 5 shows in greater detail the connection of the separate transducers 10 to the preamplifier 14 by the connectors 13 and from there to the flat cable 15.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une combinaison pour enregistrer la répartition des forces sur une partie du corps d'un sujet, comprenant plusieurs éléments transducteurs qui peuvent être placés en différents points de mesure. Chaque élément transducteur est capable de convertir la force de l'élément transducteur en un signal électrique. Selon l'invention, l'élément transducteur est réalisé dans un film plastique connu en soi, qui contient des bulles de gaz, qui porte des charges électriques et qui, sur les deux côtés, est pourvu d'un film métallique. Quand une force variable agit sur le film, une tension est générée entre les films métalliques.
PCT/FI1996/000319 1995-06-06 1996-05-31 Procede et dispositif pour enregistrer et analyser les forces agissant sur une partie du corps d'un individu Ceased WO1996039078A1 (fr)

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GB2329243A (en) * 1997-09-05 1999-03-17 Univ Portsmouth Enterprise Optical force sensor for forces applied to the body
CN109938693A (zh) * 2019-01-04 2019-06-28 北京航空航天大学 残肢软组织力学特性压痕测量装置

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DE2653556A1 (de) * 1975-12-19 1977-06-30 Kistler Instrumente Ag Elektrischer kraftaufnehmer fuer fusskraefte
US4554930A (en) * 1984-06-28 1985-11-26 Kress Donald W Pressure sensing device and method for preventing ulcer formation
EP0182764A2 (fr) * 1984-11-20 1986-05-28 KIRJAVAINEN, Kari Film électromécanique et procédé pour sa fabrication
DE3821477A1 (de) * 1988-06-25 1990-01-04 Zu Theenhausen Bernd Meyer Sportanzug
FI82364B (fi) * 1988-04-14 1990-11-30 Ventipress Oy Foerfarande foer registrering av utvaendigt tryck mot vaevnad.
US5253656A (en) * 1991-05-23 1993-10-19 Rincoe Richard G Apparatus and method for monitoring contact pressure between body parts and contact surfaces
US5323650A (en) * 1993-01-14 1994-06-28 Fullen Systems, Inc. System for continuously measuring forces applied to the foot

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DE2653556A1 (de) * 1975-12-19 1977-06-30 Kistler Instrumente Ag Elektrischer kraftaufnehmer fuer fusskraefte
US4554930A (en) * 1984-06-28 1985-11-26 Kress Donald W Pressure sensing device and method for preventing ulcer formation
EP0182764A2 (fr) * 1984-11-20 1986-05-28 KIRJAVAINEN, Kari Film électromécanique et procédé pour sa fabrication
FI82364B (fi) * 1988-04-14 1990-11-30 Ventipress Oy Foerfarande foer registrering av utvaendigt tryck mot vaevnad.
DE3821477A1 (de) * 1988-06-25 1990-01-04 Zu Theenhausen Bernd Meyer Sportanzug
US5253656A (en) * 1991-05-23 1993-10-19 Rincoe Richard G Apparatus and method for monitoring contact pressure between body parts and contact surfaces
US5323650A (en) * 1993-01-14 1994-06-28 Fullen Systems, Inc. System for continuously measuring forces applied to the foot

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2329243A (en) * 1997-09-05 1999-03-17 Univ Portsmouth Enterprise Optical force sensor for forces applied to the body
CN109938693A (zh) * 2019-01-04 2019-06-28 北京航空航天大学 残肢软组织力学特性压痕测量装置

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