Patent ID: 6962569

Claim:
A system for carrying out an isometric diagnostic regimen by a user, comprising: a hand grip assembly including a load cell component responsive to compressive squeezing force applied by a hand of the user to derive a load value output corresponding with the value of said force; a display, responsive to a visual input signal to provide a visually perceptible display output; first and second control members hand actuateable to provide respective first and second control conditions; a controller including a processor and a memory operatively associated therewith and controllable to enable said processor and memory; and said processor, when enabled, entering a grip test mode wherein the processor is responsive to said first control condition to enter a maximum test mode to derive a visual input signal providing a first cue to said user to squeeze said hand grip with a maximum force capability, is responsive in the presence of said first cue and a first load value output occurring for a finite interval to derive said visual input signal providing a second cue displaying a first value of force corresponding with said first load value output, responsive to said first control condition in the presence of said second cue to enter said first value of force into said memory defining a maximum grip test, responsive to a subsequently occurring first control condition to derive a visual input signal providing a next occurring said first cue, responsive in the presence of said next occurring first cue and a second load value output occurring for a finite interval to derive a visual input signal providing a next said second cue displaying a second value of force corresponding with said second load value output, responsive to said first control condition in the presence of said next second cue to enter said second value of force into said memory defining another said maximum grip test, responsive to carrying out a mathematical analysis of said first and second values of force, and to derive a visual input signal providing a third visual cue displaying the results of said mathematical analysis, said processor being responsive in said grip test mode, in the presence of said visual input signal providing said second cue displaying said first value of force, and in the absence of said first control condition, to a next occurring said load value output occurring for a finite interval to derive a visual input signal providing a second cue displaying a substitute said first value of force corresponding with said next occurring load value output, and is responsive to said first control condition in the presence of said second cue displayed substitute first value of force to enter said substitute first value of force into said memory.