Optical Fiber Sensors For Monitoring Joint Articulation And Chest Expansion Of A Human Body

Patent · 22 December 1997

OSTI ID:879389

Muhs, Jeffrey D ^[1]; Allison, Stephen W ^[2]

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1. Lenoir City, TN
2. Knoxville, TN

Fiber-optic sensors employing optical fibers of elastomeric material are incorporated in devices adapted to be worn by human beings in joint and chest regions for the purpose of monitoring and measuring the extent of joint articulation and chest expansion especially with respect to time.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): US 5,701,370
• Application Number: 08/767697
• OSTI ID: 879389
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English