DISTRACTOR HAVING A CAPACITIVE SENSOR ARRAY FOR MEASURING A FORCE, PRESSURE, OR LOAD APPLIED BY THE MUSCULAR-SKELETAL SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR
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Sep 28, 2012
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Mar 26, 2010
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A distractor suitable for measuring a force, pressure, or load applied by the muscular-skeletal system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the distractor includes a measurement device that couples to the distractor. In a second embodiment, the sensor array and electronics are placed within the distractor. The distractor can dynamically distract the muscular-skeletal system. A handle of the distractor can be rotated to increase or decrease the spacing between support structures. The measurement system comprises a sensor array and electronic circuitry. In one embodiment, the electronic circuitry is coupled to the sensor array by a unitary circuit board or substrate. The sensors can be integrated into the unitary circuit board. For example, the sensors can comprise elastically compressible capacitors or piezo-resistive devices. The distractor wirelessly couples to a remote system for providing position and magnitude measurement data of the force, pressure, or load being measured.
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