| NOMENCLATURE |
COUNTING AND DISPLAY SET, REPETITIVE WEIGHT BEARING TOLERANCE,
ATTACHED TO THE DISPLAY UNIT.
PROSTHESIS. A SET CONSISTING OF A COUNTING UNIT AND DISPLAY UNIT. THE
COUNTING UNIT IS COMPOSED OF A MECHANICAL MICROSWITCH ATTACHED TO AN
ELECTRIC COUNTER, BOTH OF WHICH ARE ENCLOSED BY AN ALUMINUM CASING WITH
AN ATTACHED FORCE PLATE. THE ENTIRE UNIT IS DESIGNED TO BE PLACED IN A
HOLE THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THEHEEL OF A PATIENT'S SHOE, AND ADJUSTED SO
THAT WHENA PREDETERMINED PERCENTAGE OF BODY WEIGHT IS
PLACED ONTHE HEEL A COUNT WILL BE REGISTERED. READINGS OF THE COUNT
FURNISHED, PERIODICALLY, WHEN THE UNIT IS REMOVED FROM THE HEEL AND
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