Patents by Inventor Jeffrey M. Sutherland

Jeffrey M. Sutherland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040097838
    Abstract: A non-invasive system and method of determining the presence or absence of neural, muscular, soft tissue, bone or joint damage to a person's hand and/or wrist. The system includes a plurality of contact points, one of which is engageable by the person's thumb and two of which are engageable by other digits of the hand, at least one of the other digits being innervated by the ulnar nerve. Force detectors are operatively connected to at least two of the contact points for measuring the quantity of force applied through respective contact points as the thumb and other digits are brought toward each other in a natural gripping motion. The measured forces are displayed for analysis of the hand and/or wrist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: William C. Paske, Jeffrey M. Sutherland