Patent ID: 9042956
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A61B,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying muscle force data to a user, said method comprising: placing a patch on the user's skin over a muscle group to be monitored, wherein electrodes on the patch engage the skin, wherein the electrodes sense electromyographic (EMG) activity and produce an analog electrical signal; filtering and amplifying the analog electrical signal with a limited bandwidth amplifier on the patch, wherein the analog signal is rectified and filtered to produce a digital signal and the resulting digital signal sampled at a rate in range from 3000 sec-1 to 4000 sec-1 to produce an output having an averaged amplitude on a microprocessor; converting and rectifying the filtered and amplified analog signal to produce a digital signal; processing the distal signal in a microprocessor on the patch to produce a smoothed output, wherein the microprocessor sub-samples the output having an averaged amplitude to produce a sub-sampled output; transmitting the smoothed output; receiving and displaying the smoothed output on a remote display unit.