Patent ID: 6752028
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A test device for monitoring predetermined pressure load on a patient's foot as exerted by a body weight of the patient during walking, comprising:a pressure sensor for being placed under the heel of the patient's foot for monitoring a predetermined pressure load; the pressure sensor comprising a circular, ring-shaped, curved washer having a snap portion which is adapted for being snapped-over from a rest position under a predetermined pressure load of the patient's foot and snapped into an active monitoring position whereby the snapping action is accompanied by an audible signal and further by a sensitive sensing signal acting bodily against the heel of the patient's foot, the snap portion of the curved washer being returned again into its rest position upon relief of the predetermined pressure load in which the snap portion of the curved washer comprises a conically shaped elevation which surrounds a central opening of the curved washer and is adapted to snap an adjacent edge portion of the curved washer into its active monitoring position.