Patents Assigned to Bloom Technologies NV
  • Patent number: 10499844
    Abstract: A system for monitoring health parameters of a user includes a housing including: a plurality of sensors disposed on an outer surface of the housing or within the housing for measuring a plurality of parameters of interest; a processor disposed in the housing and communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors; a coupling element on the housing for coupling the housing to an accessory; and an accessory identifier positioned on or within the housing and communicatively coupled to the processor. In some embodiments, the housing is reversibly transitionable between an uncoupled state and a coupled state with the accessory. In the coupled state, the accessory identifier senses a type of accessory and the processor activates a subset of the plurality of sensors to measure a subset of the plurality of parameters of interest. In some embodiments, the user is a pregnant female and a fetus developing in the pregnant female.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Bloom Technologies NV
    Inventors: Julien Penders, Eric Dy
  • Patent number: 10456074
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for contraction monitoring. For example, a system for contraction monitoring includes an electrode patch including at least two electrodes, and a sensor module configured to be connected to the electrode patch. In some embodiments, the sensor module includes a signal acquisition module, a signal processing module, a power management module, a sensor control module, and a memory module and/or a data transmission module. In some embodiments, a method for contraction monitoring includes measuring, using the signal acquisition module, bio-potential signals by providing at least two electrodes on the abdomen of a pregnant woman.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Bloom Technologies NV
    Inventors: Julien Penders, Marco Altini, Eric Dy, Torfinn Berset, Michiel Rooijakkers
  • Patent number: 10278581
    Abstract: A apparatus for automatically detecting a pregnancy status of a patient include a patch for adhering to human skin, a uterine contraction sensor, such as electromyography (EMG), coupled to the patch with at least two electrodes, and an inertial sensor for sensing fetal movement, or Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) sensor, such as Fetal EKG or a Doppler Ultrasound. An electronic circuit is coupled to the patch, the EMG sensor and the inertial sensor, and/or FHR sensor. The circuit provides an output based on a uterine contraction signal from the EMG sensor (or Doppler ultrasound) correlated in time to a fetal movement, and/or fetal heart rate. The apparatus may include a thermometer to aid in automatically providing an indication of a pregnancy complication or ovulation status of the patient, based on the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Bloom Technologies NV
    Inventor: Richard S. Gaster
  • Publication number: 20180296156
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for contraction monitoring. For example, a system for contraction monitoring includes an electrode patch including at least two electrodes, and a sensor module configured to be connected to the electrode patch. In some embodiments, the sensor module includes a signal acquisition module, a signal processing module, a power management module, a sensor control module, and a memory module and/or a data transmission module. In some embodiments, a method for contraction monitoring includes measuring, using the signal acquisition module, bio-potential signals by providing at least two electrodes on the abdomen of a pregnant woman.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Bloom Technologies NV
    Inventors: Julien Penders, Marco Altini, Eric Dy, Torfinn Berset, Michiel ROOIJAKKERS
  • Publication number: 20180000405
    Abstract: A system for monitoring health parameters of a user includes a housing including: a plurality of sensors disposed on an outer surface of the housing or within the housing for measuring a plurality of parameters of interest; a processor disposed in the housing and communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors; a coupling element on the housing for coupling the housing to an accessory; and an accessory identifier positioned on or within the housing and communicatively coupled to the processor. In some embodiments, the housing is reversibly transitionable between an uncoupled state and a coupled state with the accessory. In the coupled state, the accessory identifier senses a type of accessory and the processor activates a subset of the plurality of sensors to measure a subset of the plurality of parameters of interest. In some embodiments, the user is a pregnant female and a fetus developing in the pregnant female.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: Bloom Technologies NV
    Inventors: Julien Penders, Eric Dy
  • Publication number: 20170224268
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring the onset or occurrence of labor contractions and detecting or estimating labor in a pregnant female are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Bloom Technologies NV
    Inventors: Marco Altini, Julien Penders, Eric Dy