Steven Irby
As an engineer I have spent over 20 years in support of clinical and research orthopedic biomechanics and associated technologies.
- 1994 MS Mechanical Engineering Design, San Diego State University
- 1985 BS Bioengineering, University of California San Diego
- Quantification of human physical performance & mechanical engineering design
- Irby SE. “ A Digital Logic Controlled Electromechanical Free-Knee Brace”. MS Thesis, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 1994.
- Kaufman KR, SE Irby, DW Ussel, RW Wirta, JW Mathewson, DH Sutherland. Energy Efficient Long-Leg Brace. Gait & Posture 3(2):99, 1995.
- Irby SE, Sutherland DH, Kaufman KR, Wirta R, Ussell D, Mathewson JW, Mason R. Digital Logic Controlled Electromechanical Long-Leg Brace. Proceedings of Technology for Persons with Disabilities Conference, California State University, Northridge, CA. March 14-18, 1995.
- Irby SE, Kaufman KR. A Digital Logic Controlled Electromechanical Long Leg Brace. Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Francisco, CA. November 12-17, 1995.
- Kaufman KR, Irby SE, Mathewson JW, Wirta RW, Sutherland DH. Energy efficient knee-ankle-foot orthosis: A case study. J Pros Orthot, 8(3):79-85, 1996.
- Kaufman KR, Kovacevic N, Irby SE, Colwell CW. Instrumented implant for measuring tibiofemoral forces. J Biomech. 1996 May;29(5):667-71.
- Irby, SE, KR Kaufman, JW Mathewson, and DH Sutherland, Automatic Control Design for a Dynamic Knee Brace System. IEEE Trans Rehab Engr, 7:135-139, 1999
- Irby, SE, KR Kaufman, and R Wirta, Optimization and Application of a Wrap Spring Clutch to a Dynamic Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis. IEEE Trans Rehab Engr, 7:130-134, 1999
- Kaufman KR, Irby SE, Basford JR, Sutherland DH. Advanced design concepts for a knee-ankle-foot orthosis. In Intelligent Systems and Technologies in Rehabilitation Engineering, Teodorescu H-N L, Jain LC (Editors), C R C Press, pp. 449-470, 2000.
- Irby SE, Bernhardt KA, Kaufman KR. Fatigue test device for stance phase control knee orthoses. Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 15(4):143-147, 2003.
- Smith J, Padgett DJ, Dahm DL, Kaufman KR, Harrington SP, Morrow DA, Irby SE.
- Electromyographic activity in the immobilized shoulder girdle musculature during contralateral upper limb movements. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2004 Nov-Dec;13(6):583-8.
- Smith J, Padgett DJ, Kaufman KR, Harrington SP, An KN, Irby SE. Rhomboid muscle electromyography activity during 3 different manual muscle tests. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2004 Jun;85(6):987-92.
- First Place Award winner of the Master's Level Student Design Competition of the ASME International Conference, Bioengineering Division, San Francisco, CA, 1995.
- Irby SE and Kaufman KR, “Electromechanical joint control device with wrap spring clutch” US Patent 6,500,138. Issued December 31, 2002.
- Irby SE and Kaufman KR, “Electromechanical joint control device with wrap spring clutch” US Patent 6,834,752. Issued December 18, 2004.