Patents by Inventor R. C. van Lummel

R. C. van Lummel 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).

  • Method for measuring and indicating the extent to which an individual is limited in daily life activities
    Patent number: 6165143
    Abstract: A method for measuring and numerically indicating the extent to which an individual is limited in daily life activities, comprising measuring, with the aid of at least one sensor to be fastened to the body of the individual to be examined, postures, movements and/or motional changes of the body and/or parts of the body of the individual in a selected number of motor activities to be performed by the individual, wherein the measuring data of the sensor are inputted into a computing device and are subsequently compared to corresponding reference data inputted into the computing device, coming from one or more standard groups, in order to determine per measurement or series of measurements a percentage indicating the extent to which the individual is limited as regards the activity in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventor: R. C. van Lummel