Patent ID: 9532749
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61B,G16H

Claim:
1. A method to migrate repetitive strain comprising: providing an electronic device including a touch screen display and a camera; interacting with the electronic device by touching a user interface displayed on the touch screen display of the electronic device with at least a portion of a person's appendage; detecting with the camera at least one of the position or movement of the person's appendage as at least the portion the appendage touches the user interface; capturing and saving with the camera an image of the appendage touching the user interface; recording changes with the touch screen display in an electric charge flowing via the display in response to a portion of the appendage touching the displayed user interface; monitoring with the electronic device at least one of a position or a movement of the person's appendage as at least the portion the appendage touches the user interface to determine at least one of a movement or a position of the appendage; determining with the electronic device if the monitored at least one of the movement or the position of the person's appendage as at least the portion of the person's appendage repetitively touches the user interface is indicative of a risk of a repetitive injury to the person; identifying with the electronic device a risk remediation action to reduce the determined indicated risk of a repetitive injury to the person; and implementing with the electronic device the risk remediation action by modifying aspects of the user interface to indicate to the person to change at least one of the position or movement of the appendage as the portion of the person's appendage touches the user interface to reduce the determined indicated risk of a repetitive injury to the person.