Stephen Gilbert Cain

US Patent:

20210275074, Sep 9, 2021

Filed:

May 22, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/258135

Inventors:

- Ann Arbor MI, US
Stephen Matthew Cain - Ann Arbor MI, US
Jacob Casciano - Ann Arbor MI, US
Mason J. Ferlic - Ann Arbor MI, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/22
A61B 5/00

Abstract:

A grip assessment device includes a support structure having a periphery, a cover positioned around the support structure and configured to define a grip surface, and a plurality of sensor elements disposed along the periphery of the support structure, each respective sensor element of the plurality of sensor elements being configured to generate an output signal indicative of force applied to the grip surface at the respective sensor element. The plurality of sensor elements are distributed across the grip surface such that the output signals from the plurality of sensor elements are collectively indicative of a grip profile along the grip surface, the grip profile providing grip position data and grip magnitude data correlated with the grip position data.