US 12,144,684 B2
Characterizing soft tissue subrupture damage and incomplete tear damage for performing a process
Liisa Charlie Hammer, Seattle, WA (US); Karen Chiyono Takatani, Renton, WA (US); James Dean Cotton, Issaquah, WA (US); and Richard Jay Gardner, Brier, WA (US)
Assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/464,379.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067316 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/485 (2013.01) [A61B 5/055 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing a process, the method comprising:
performing, by a plurality of subjects, a first repetitive movement with at least one of a specified stress per cycle or a specified strain per cycle;
analyzing for a presence of at least one of soft tissue disorganization or partially torn soft tissue in each of the plurality of subjects;
generating an association, based on the analyzing, wherein the association relates one of stress or strain to a number of cycles that cause at least one of: a transition to subrupture damaged tissue, or a transition to incomplete tear damaged tissue;
measuring at least one of a stress per cycle or a strain per cycle for a second repetitive movement comprising the process;
determining, based on the association, a limit on a number of cycles of the second repetitive movement intended to avoid at least one of: a transition to subrupture damaged soft tissue, or a transition to incomplete tear damage tissue, wherein the determining the limit on the number of cycles of the second repetitive movement is further based on healing data for the soft tissue and at least one recovery period, wherein the healing data comprises data representing a difference in levels of soft tissue disorganization between a first soft tissue in a first subject measured using an invasive technique and a second soft tissue in a second subject measured using a non-invasive technique; and
performing the second repetitive movement as part of the process, wherein the performing the second repetitive movement comprises ensuring that no individual exceeds the limit on the number of cycles of the second repetitive movement.