Patents by Inventor Patricia A. Arnold

Patricia A. Arnold 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).

  • Systems and methods for establishing the stiffness of a bone using mechanical response tissue analysis
    Patent number: 11324440
    Abstract: Parametric model based computer implemented methods for determining the stiffness of a bone, systems for estimating the stiffness of a bone in vivo, and methods for determining the stiffness of a bone. The computer implemented methods include determining a complex compliance frequency response function Y(f) and an associated complex stiffness frequency response function H(f) and fitting a parametric mathematical model to Y(f) and to H(f). The systems include a device for measuring the stiffness of the bone in vivo and a data analyzer to determine a complex compliance frequency response function Y(f) and an associated complex stiffness frequency response function H(f). The methods for determining the stiffness include fitting a parametric model to stiffness of the skin-bone complex as a function of frequency H(f) and the compliance of the skin-bone complex as a function of frequency Y(f).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Ohio University
    Inventors: Lyn Bowman, Patricia A. Arnold, Emily R. Ellerbrock
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING THE STIFFNESS OF A BONE USING MECHANICAL RESPONSE TISSUE ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20190231250
    Abstract: Parametric model based computer implemented methods for determining the stiffness of a bone, systems for estimating the stiffness of a bone in vivo, and methods for determining the stiffness of a bone. The computer implemented methods include determining a complex compliance frequency response function Y(f) and an associated complex stiffness frequency response function H(f) and fitting a parametric mathematical model to Y(f) and to H(f). The systems include a device for measuring the stiffness of the bone in vivo and a data analyzer to determine a complex compliance frequency response function Y(f) and an associated complex stiffness frequency response function H(f). The methods for determining the stiffness include fitting a parametric model to stiffness of the skin-bone complex as a function of frequency H(f) and the compliance of the skin-bone complex as a function of frequency Y(f).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Lyn Bowman, Patricia A. Arnold, Emily R. Ellerbrock
  • Systems and methods for establishing the stiffness of a bone using mechanical response tissue analysis
    Patent number: 10299719
    Abstract: Parametric model based computer implemented methods for determining the stiffness of a bone, systems for estimating the stiffness of a bone in vivo, and methods for determining the stiffness of a bone. The computer implemented methods include determining a complex compliance frequency response function Y(f) and an associated complex stiffness frequency response function H(f) and fitting a parametric mathematical model to Y(f) and to H(f). The systems include a device for measuring the stiffness of the bone in vivo and a data analyzer to determine a complex compliance frequency response function Y(f) and an associated complex stiffness frequency response function H(f). The methods for determining the stiffness include fitting a parametric model to stiffness of the skin-bone complex as a function of frequency H(f) and the compliance of the skin-bone complex as a function of frequency Y(f).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Ohio University
    Inventors: Lyn Bowman, Patricia A. Arnold, Emily R. Ellerbrock
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING THE STIFFNESS OF A BONE USING MECHANICAL RESPONSE TISSUE ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20160058365
    Abstract: Parametric model based computer implemented methods for determining the stiffness of a bone, systems for estimating the stiffness of a bone in vivo, and methods for determining the stiffness of a bone. The computer implemented methods include determining a complex compliance frequency response function Y(f) and an associated complex stiffness frequency response function H(f) and fitting a parametric mathematical model to Y(f) and to H(f). The systems include a device for measuring the stiffness of the bone in vivo and a data analyzer to determine a complex compliance frequency response function Y(f) and an associated complex stiffness frequency response function H(f). The methods for determining the stiffness include fitting a parametric model to stiffness of the skin-bone complex as a function of frequency H(f) and the compliance of the skin-bone complex as a function of frequency Y(f).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Lyn Bowman, Patricia A. Arnold, Emily R. Ellerbrock