MR. MICHAEL J WARNER, DO
Marriage and Family Therapists at Industrial Park Rd, Ebensburg, PA

7727170, Jun 1, 2010

Mar 17, 2006

11/378850

Michael J. Warner - Johnstown PA, US
James A. Mertz - Brick NJ, US

A61B 5/103, A61B 5/117

600595, 600587

An apparatus for elastic hysteretic palpatory training includes a wire or a computer controlled actuator having a plunger that at least partially elastically resists the application of a palpatory force. In use of the apparatus, an increasing palpatory force is applied to an end of the wire transverse to its axis or an end of the plunger of the actuator in a first direction. In response to the applied palpatory force, the wire or the plunger elastically resist displacement from a first position to a second position. The palpatory force is then withdrawn whereupon the elasticity of wire or the elasticity emulated by the plunger causes it to return toward the first position. The applied palpatory force versus displacement is detected in response to applying and withdrawing the palpatory force to the wire or the plunger.

6159168, Dec 12, 2000

Jan 28, 1999

9/117821

Michael John Warner - Johnstown PA
James Allan Mertz - Bricktown NJ

Cambria Medical Science, Inc. - Johnstown PA

A61B 5103

600594

An anatomic torsion monitor includes an examination table (A) equipped with forcibly extendable pads (54, 56) which are utilized to rotationally displace a patient (P) about the patient's transverse axis. A laser (84), or other such pointer, is disposed on a platform (90) which rests across the abdomen of the patient (P) to measure the rotational displacement. The output of the laser (84) is projected onto a scaled chart (100). Clockwise and counterclockwise rotational displacements of the patient (P) as a function of applied forces are obtained by reading the projection of the laser (84) on the scaled chart (100) as the forces are applied and withdrawn. Plotting the rotational displacement versus force on a Cartesian coordinate system produces a continuous, bounded, four quadrant hysteresis loop (116). The data obtained and the hysteresis loop (116) produced therefrom provide a quantitative measure of the motion quality and the motion quantity of the lower back and is subject to detail analytic and medical application.

7927298, Apr 19, 2011

Jun 23, 2005

11/159696

Michael J. Warner - Johnstown PA, US
James A. Mertz - Brick NJ, US

A61F 5/00

602 26, 602 32

A force applied to the foot of a patient causes the foot to rotate inwardly. After measuring the rotational displacement of the foot inwardly as the function of the applied force, the force is removed and the displacement of the foot is measured again. Next, a force is applied to the foot of the patient that causes the foot to rotate outwardly. After measuring the rotational displacement of the foot outwardly as a function of the applied force, the force is removed and the displacement of the foot is measured again. The displacements versus applied forces are plotted on a Cartesian coordinate system to produce a hysteresis curve. The data obtained and the hysteresis curve produced therefrom provides a quantitative measure of the motion quality and motion quantity of the foot and its corresponding ankle and is subject to detailed analytic and medical analysis.

8167825, May 1, 2012

Mar 5, 2010

12/718006

Michael J. Warner - Johnstown PA, US
James A. Mertz - Brick NJ, US

A61B 5/103, A61B 5/117

600595, 600587

A method of hysteretic palpatory training includes providing a wire or a computer controlled actuator having a plunger that hysteretically resists the application of a palpatory force. An increasing palpatory force is applied in a first direction to the wire or the plunger, whereupon the wire or plunger hysteretically resist displacement from a first position to a second position. The palpatory force is then withdrawn whereupon the elasticity of wire or the elasticity emulated by the plunger causes it to return to a position intermediate the first and second positions. The applied palpatory force versus displacement in response to applying and withdrawing the palpatory force to the wire or the plunger is then detected.

8177731, May 15, 2012

Apr 16, 2010

12/761585

Michael John Warner - Johnstown PA, US
James Allen Mertz - Brick NJ, US

A61B 5/103, A61B 5/117

600595, 600587

An elastic hysteretic palpatory training apparatus includes a plunger, a solenoid disposed around a longitudinal axis of the plunger, and a controller for controlling electrical power supplied to the solenoid as a function of a palpatory force applied to an end of the plunger and a position of the plunger in the solenoid in response to the applied palpatory force whereupon the plunger emulates at least one of the following: an elastic material responding to the application of the palpatory force thereto or a series of elastic materials being engaged one-at-a-time in response to the application of the palpatory force thereto.