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Title: Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) Pressure Sensor for Footwear

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OSTI ID:953668
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  1. Albuquerque, NM
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Footwear comprises a sole and a plurality of sealed cavities contained within the sole. The sealed cavities can be incorporated as deformable containers within an elastic medium, comprising the sole. A plurality of micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensors are respectively contained within the sealed cavity plurality, and can be adapted to measure static and dynamic pressure within each of the sealed cavities. The pressure measurements can provide information relating to the contact pressure distribution between the sole of the footwear and the wearer's environment.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
SNL-A
Patent Number(s):
7,426,873
Application Number:
11/417,755
OSTI ID:
953668
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Shoe-integrated sensor system for wireless gait analysis and real-time feedback
  • Morris, S. J.; Paradiso, J. A.
  • Second Joint EMBS-BMES Conference 2002 24th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Proceedings of the Second Joint 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society] [Engineering in Medicine and Biology https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053379
conference January 2002
In-Sole MEMS Pressure Sensing for a LowerExtremity Exoskeleton conference January 2006
Design and implementation of expressive footwear journal January 2000
Interfacing to the foot: apparatus and applications conference January 2000

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