Wearable Device for Measuring Skeletal Muscle Hardness

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Published April 2nd, 2026

Detected April 2nd, 2026

Summary

USPTO published patent application US20260090761A1 by J.Schmalz GmbH for a wearable measuring device designed to monitor skeletal muscle hardness using multiple force sensors with varying spring constants. The device includes a holding apparatus for attachment to body parts and can detect tensioning forces from different muscle sections.

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USPTO published patent application US20260090761A1 for a wearable measuring device comprising at least two measuring units with force sensors and associated spring units having different spring constants. The device attaches to body parts to monitor skeletal muscle hardness by detecting tensioning forces from different muscle sections. The assignee is J.Schmalz GmbH with inventor Raphael SINGER, and the application was filed on 2024-07-04.

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WEARABLE MEASURING DEVICE, ASSISTANCE SYSTEM COMPRISING A WEARABLE MEASURING DEVICE, METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING A MUSCLE HARDNESS OF A SKELETAL MUSCLE

Application US20260090761A1 Kind: A1 Apr 02, 2026

Assignee

J.Schmalz GmbH

Inventors

Raphael SINGER

Abstract

A wearable measuring device comprising a measuring apparatus that comprises at least two measuring units for monitoring a skeletal muscle of a person (or animal, etc.), and comprising a holding apparatus for attaching the measuring apparatus to a body part of the person having the skeletal muscle. It is provided that the measuring units each comprise a force sensor and an associated spring unit, the spring units differing from one another in their spring constant, that the measuring units can be attached to the body part in such a way that the spring units can be tensioned by a particular different section of the skeletal muscle, and that the force sensors are designed to detect a tensioning force of the associated spring unit.