Ambulatory aid with step counter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7775227
APP PUB NO 20080072941A1
SERIAL NO

11848199

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A step-counting ambulatory aid having a ground-contacting surface, which aid comprises a pressure-sensitive switch on the ground-contacting surface and a data recorder located elsewhere on the aid, wherein the pressure-sensitive switch is activated upon contact of the ground-contacting surface of the aid with ground, whereupon the pressure-sensitive switch sends a signal to the data recorder, which records the signal as a step; a method of counting the number of steps taken by a user of an ambulatory aid comprising having the user use an ambulatory aid equipped with a step counter; and a method of establishing a therapeutic regimen for a patient in need of an ambulatory aid comprising determining the number of steps that the patient should take during a set period of time, providing the patient with an ambulatory aid equipped with a step counter, and instructing the patient to take the determined number of steps with the ambulatory aid during the set period of time.

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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE620 W LEXINGTON STREET 4TH FLOOR OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BALTIMORE MD 21201

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Eglseder, W Andrew Ellicott City, US 6 59
Jackson, David Columbia, US 112 2415
Newell, Mary Zadnik Reisterstown, US 1 2
O'Toole, Robert Baltimore, US 4 28

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