Patent ID: 11942225
Assignee: ALYVE MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 7:
8. A system for identifying at least one alteration in a musculoskeletal system of a subject, wherein the system comprises:
detecting means comprising sensors for electrical activity detection configured to be associated with said subject, the detecting means being capable of detecting physical quantities representative of a state of said subject, wherein said detecting means are configured to be positioned on said subject;
a detecting unit configured to detect, in real time, said physical quantities through said detecting means, align said physical quantities in time, and send said physical quantities to an identifying unit, wherein said identifying unit is configured to control a step-by-step user instruction procedure that guides a user by means of a graphic interface provided with buttons and controls, the guiding of the user by means of the graphic interface comprising showing the user how to position said detecting means on the subject and how to activate the detecting means;
the identifying unit being configured to generate a biomechanical model for said subject, wherein the biomechanical model is generated as a function of execution of said step-by-step user instruction procedure, which provides an optimized multi-segment and multi joint analysis on the subject;
wherein said identifying unit is further configured to provide a feedback to the user confirming successful conclusion of the generating of the biomechanical model for said subject;
a determining unit configured to determine combined movements of muscles and bones based upon said physical quantities and said biomechanical model, and to display the muscles and the combined movements of muscles and bones on a display, the muscles being represented by textures with colors of the textures being dynamically controlled to modulate the colors based upon values of signals received from the detecting means and set of threshold values;
a conversion unit configured to convert said combined movements into a plurality of movement steps of human body segments of the subject and human body joints of the subject, wherein said movement steps (Fkz) are computed as a function of:
first joint parameters (Pz) of a first joint (ATz); and
at least a second joint parameter (Pz+1) computed as a function of second joints (ATz+1) affected by the movement of the first joint (ATz);

an identification module configured to identify the at least one alteration based on a failed matching between parameters (PALi), determined based on the plurality of movement steps, and predefined reference values representative of alteration thresholds in the musculoskeletal system; and
a classification module configured to determine an association of said at least one alteration to one or more groups of musculoskeletal pathologies.