Patents Assigned to BAM Labs, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9370457
    Abstract: A method can be provided that includes measuring sound waves using a sound measuring device, determining, at a central controller of an air mattress system, one or more parameter values of the sound waves, comparing the one or more parameter values with values, ranges, or patterns indicative of snoring, identifying a snoring state of a user, and initiating, with the central controller, a change to one or more adjustable features of the air mattress system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: Select Comfort Corporation, Bam Labs, INC.
    Inventors: Rob Nunn, Wade Daniel Palashewski, Matthew Wayne Tilstra, Stacy Stusynski, Steven Young, Carl Hewitt
  • Patent number: 8672853
    Abstract: Pressure sensing devices for use with an inflatable bladder and monitoring apparatus for an at rest subject are disclosed herein. The device can comprise a housing comprising a recess and configured to be welded in a seam of the inflatable bladder. A pressure sensor can be located within the recess with a sensing side configured to be exposed to the cavity of the inflatable bladder and a reference side configured to be exposed to ambient air. A printed circuit board can be located within the recess and coupled to the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor is operable to detect a pressure change within the cavity due to a force exerted by a subject on the inflatable bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: BAM Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Young
  • Patent number: 8444558
    Abstract: A sleeping monitoring system includes a first padding layer. A fluid bladder is beneath the first padding layer. A sensor is in fluid communication with the fluid bladder. The sensor is configured to output a vital sign signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: BAM Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Young, Richard V. Rifredi, Yuri Zhovnirovsky
  • Patent number: 8287452
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for monitoring on site near an emergency field at least one vital sign of a patient reclined thereon includes a fluid bladder transformable between a stowable arrangement and a deployed arrangement. The fluid bladder in the deployed arrangement has a comfortable top surface of sufficient size to fully support at least a torso of the patient in a reclined position, and the fluid bladder has a ruggedized puncture resistant bottom layer. A sensor is configured to detect a pressure within the fluid bladder. A controller is configured to determine the at least one vital sign based on the pressure within the fluid bladder. A triage condition indicator is configured to indicate a care urgency level based on the at least one vital sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: BAM Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Young, Richard V. Rifredi, Yuri Zhovnirovsky
  • Publication number: 20080077020
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring vital signs, such as cardiopulmonary activity, using a ballistograph are provided. The method and apparatus may be used to monitor an infant sleeping in a crib, a patient in a hospital, a person with a chronic disease at home or in professional care, or a person in an elder-care setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: BAM Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Jay Young, William McKinnon Gillon, Richard Vincent Rifredi, William Todd Krein