MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611025174 A) filed by Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, on March 3, for 'a method and system for species-specific paw pad segmentation and quadruped gait analysis for generating veterinary diagnostic indices from pressure data.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Shikha Singh; and Dr. Avnesh Kumar.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a non-wearable veterinary gait assessment system and method for objectively evaluating locomotion and biomechanical function in quadruped animals. The system comprises a pressure-sensing platform configured to capture raw pressure signals generated by paw-ground interaction during static stance and dynamic gait. The captured pressure data are processed using a species-specific paw pad segmentation framework that identifies discrete paw pad regions and a quadruped gait analysis model that evaluates inter-pad and inter-limb load distribution. The system converts the raw pressure signals into clinically interpretable veterinary diagnostic indices indicative of gait symmetry, abnormal paw loading, compensatory movement, and rehabilitation progress. The invention enables objective detection of orthopedic and neurological gait abnormalities, supports post-surgical and physiotherapy outcome monitoring, and reduces reliance on subjective visual assessment."
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