Garment Patents (Class 600/388)
  • Patent number: 11937942
    Abstract: The wearable article 100 comprises an inner fabric layer 101 and an outer fabric layer 111 overlapping the inner fabric layer 101 to form an overlapping region 121. An electronics component 200a, 200b is disposed at least partially between the inner and outer fabric layer 101, 111 in the overlapping region 121. The inner fabric layer 101 comprises an opening 143a, 143b to expose part of the electronics component 200a, 200b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Prevayl Innovations Limited
    Inventor: Isabel Rose Hepworth
  • Patent number: 11931153
    Abstract: A wearable article (1) includes a sensor assembly (104) for sensing biosignals of a wearer of the wearable article, and an electronic device (102) that can be attached to the sensor assembly to receive and the process biosignals. The electronic device is detachable from the garment and includes a housing (128a, 128b). The electronic device is retained in place by means of a magnet (132) within the housing which cooperates with a magnet on the garment. The sensor assembly includes a sensing electrodes and conductors (112; 122a) which couple the sensing electrodes to an interface that is configured to couple the sensed biosignals to the electronic device. The electronic device attaches to the garment at the interface. The electronic device includes one or more contacts (138b) which engage with the interface at the conductors so that biosignals can be coupled to the electronic device. The garment can also include a locating ring (130) to help locate the electronic device on the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Prevayl Innovations Limited
    Inventor: Michael John Lynch
  • Patent number: 11857329
    Abstract: A cardiac monitoring and treatment system includes a controller, a first wearable portion, and a second wearable portion separate from the first wearable portion. The first wearable portion includes an elongated strap configured to encircle a thoracic region of a patient, a plurality of ECG sensing electrodes disposed about the elongated strap, one or more receiving ports configured to receive one or more additional components including a treatment electrode and/or an additional sensor, and a plurality of conductive wires configured to couple the plurality of ECG sensing electrodes and the one or more receiving ports with the controller. The second wearable portion is configured to be worn over at least one shoulder of the patient and includes a wearable substrate, one or more treatment electrodes disposed on the wearable substrate, and at least one conductive wire configured to releasably connect the one or more treatment electrodes to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J Gabrin, Christopher L Swenglish, Gary A Freeman
  • Patent number: 11672481
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a biological information measuring garment having excellent exterior design, and yet with high measurement accuracy. A biological information measuring garment is provided with an electrode support portion which is joined to a garment body with an amount of freedom and which preferably has a covered-binding structure (looped structure), wherein the amount of freedom of the electrode support portion is set in a predetermined range such that, even when an electrode is in contact with the skin and in a semi-fixed state, the outer side of the garment can accommodate natural movements. In addition, a garment includes at least: a cup portion which covers the female breasts; and a front body, the garment further including on the inside thereof an electrode support portion provided with an electrode for biological information measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko Kitazawa, Yuichiro Omote
  • Patent number: 11534080
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting body vital signs through the use of a Bioelectric Impedance Spectroscopy (BIS), either by (a) direct contact with the person (such as through one or more of their fingers) or (b) measurement of reflections from a field projected into the person's body. The techniques may be implemented using the projected capacitive touch array in a device such as the screen of a smartphone or tablet computer, or the touchpad of a laptop computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AMI Research & Development, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Apostolos, William Mouyos
  • Patent number: 11337653
    Abstract: A sensor mount may include a flexible substrate that may be folded to form a flexible inner portion that may be arranged to face a wearer and a flexible outer portion that may be arranged to face away from the wearer. The flexible inner portion and the flexible outer portion may define a channel and may be configured to secure the sensor mount to an article of clothing. A belt may be connected to the flexible outer portion. The outer flexible portion may include two slits configured to receive the belt such that the belt may be attachable to the outer flexible portion of the flexible substrate. A sensor may be disposed on the flexible inner portion of the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA, INC.
    Inventor: Ross Weir
  • Patent number: 11291409
    Abstract: A wearable device comprises first and second transmitting loops coupled with the wearable device. The first and second transmitting loops being further coupled with a data processing unit. Additionally, the second transmitting loop may be coupled with a sensor outputting a measuring signal. The first and second transmitting loops have a property with a readable value dependent on an aging of the object of a wearable device. In addition, the data processing unit is configured to measure the value of the property of the first and second transmitting loops and determine the effects or amount of aging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Clothing Plus MBU Oy
    Inventor: Manu Myry
  • Patent number: 11291396
    Abstract: According to at least one example, an ambulatory medical device is provided. The device includes a plurality of electrodes disposed at spaced apart positions about a patient's body and a control unit. The control unit includes a sensor interface, a memory and a processor. The sensor interface is coupled to the plurality of electrodes and configured to receive a first ECG signal from a first pairing of the plurality of electrodes and to receive a second ECG signal from a second pairing of the plurality of electrodes. The memory stores information indicating a preferred pairing, the preferred pairing being either the first pairing or the second pairing. The processor is coupled to the sensor interface and the memory and is configured to resolve conflicts between interpretations of first ECG signal and the second ECG signal in favor of the preferred pairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: ZOLL Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Shane S. Volpe, Thomas E. Kaib
  • Patent number: 11058878
    Abstract: A urination disorder treatment device includes a pair of body-surface electrode pads to supply an electrical stimulation signal from a back of a sacral bone, a stimulation signal control output circuit from which the pair of body-surface electrode pads supply the stimulation signal, a first measurement portion to measure electrocardiographic data based on a signal of electrical activity of the heart of the person to be treated, and a control portion to control supply of the stimulation signal based on an electrocardiographic waveform measured by the first measurement portion. A heart rate of the person to be treated may be judged to be a normal value from the electrocardiographic data, the control portion may delay timing of an output pulse from the pair of body-surface electrode pads so as not to be synchronized with the atrial systole P or the ventricular systole R of the electrocardiographic waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: OTSUKA TECHNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Masuda, Nobuo Tsukui
  • Patent number: 11045132
    Abstract: An electrode device for electrophysiological measurement may include an electrode substrate having a surface area. The electrode device may include a central electrode disposed on the electrode substrate around a central portion of the surface area. The electrode device may include a plurality of electrodes disposed on the electrode substrate concentric with the central electrode. The plurality of electrodes may include a first electrode covering a first portion of the surface area of the electrode substrate and a second electrode covering a second portion of the surface area of the electrode substrate. The second portion may be greater than a combined surface area of the first portion and the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Diné College
    Inventor: Oleksandr Makeyev
  • Patent number: 11037462
    Abstract: There is provided a garment configured for sensing movement of an adjacent underlying body portion of a wearer via sensors, the garment having a body with a plurality of fibres knitted together to form a layer, the layer for positioning adjacent to the underlying body portion of the wearer; electrical connectors attached to the body for facilitating receipt and transmission of signals between a controller and the sensors; a conductive pathway electrically connected to the connectors and to the sensors, each of the sensors incorporated in the layer by knitting as part of the plurality of fibres, wherein the controller measures changes in at least one of resistance or capacitance of the as representative of the movement of the underlying body portion when positioned adjacent to the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: MYANT INC.
    Inventor: Tony Chahine
  • Patent number: 10993673
    Abstract: Technologies for filtering biosignals include one or more biosignal sensors coupled to a user to receive biosignals and a computing device to receive biosignals from the biosignal sensors. The biosignal sensors filter the received biosignals to identify abnormal biosignals using a plurality of domain filters including a time domain filter and a frequency domain filter. The biosignals identified as abnormal by each of the domain filters are transmitted to the computing device, while the remaining biosignals are discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Venkat Natarajan, Sowmya Jonnada
  • Patent number: 10993490
    Abstract: A garment and/or garment system with health-monitoring (e.g., cardiovascular monitoring) capability, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Gal Markel
  • Patent number: 10959662
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a prediction that a patient will experience a seizure based on a blood volume signal is provided. The apparatus may include a blood volume sensor to sense the blood volume in a location of a patient's body. The apparatus may extract one or more features from the blood volume signal and determine if the feature has changed over time. The apparatus may generate a prediction of whether the patient will experience a seizure based on the determination of whether the feature changed over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Tobias Loddenkemper, Michele Jackson, Fatemeh Mohammadpour Touserkani, Eleonora Tamilia, Christos Papadelis
  • Patent number: 10791772
    Abstract: A bra incorporates shape memory alloy, either in shape memory or super-elastic states, an accelerometer, a power source, a microprocessor, and an algorithm implemented by the microprocessor to learn and adapt to the displacement pattern of the wearer's breast during a physical activity. The shape memory alloy is in the form of SMA or super-elastic wires integrated into portions of the bra, whereby activating the wire(s) shortens the corresponding wire to produce a compressive force on the breast within the bra. The system thereby provides real-time, active suspension to control breast displacement or bounce. The system provides real-time feedback to a memory or super-elastic material integrated into the bra to provide adaptive force and displacement to counteract the push-off and landing forces at each footfall of the moving wearer affecting breast displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Recovery Force, LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Stasey, Mark Gummin, Matthew W. Wyatt
  • Patent number: 10791967
    Abstract: A method and a device for signalizing a walking or running speed to a runner or walker during walking or running, wherein the runner or walker wears a garment. To conveniently inform the walker or runner about his or her actual walking or running speed, the method includes: a) Determining the actual speed by a speedometer which is worn or carried by the runner or walker; b) Transferring of the actual speed into a light signal, wherein the light signal corresponds to the speed; c) Displaying the light signal by a light emitting element which is attached to the or integrated into the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: PUMA SE
    Inventor: Jordi Beneyto-Ferre
  • Patent number: 10736568
    Abstract: A sensor for measuring physiological electric signals, including: a textile electrode including a detecting portion having an electrically conductive detecting surface area; a peripheral textile portion; a first electrical connection electrically connected to an acquisition and processing device, and an electrical connection that electrically connects the textile electrode to the electrical connector, the electrode having a three-dimensional textile structure made by interweaving warp threads and weft threads, the detecting portion including an upper textile layer and a lower textile layer, arranged below the upper layer and joined to the latter along a perimeter joining line so as to create a cavity defined by the joining line and to define a region outside the joining line that includes the peripheral textile portion, the cavity being filled by a filler material so that the detecting textile portion protrudes in height with respect to the peripheral textile portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: COMFTECH S.R.L.
    Inventors: Lara Alessia Laura Moltani, Giuseppe Andreoni
  • Patent number: 10607507
    Abstract: This invention is an arcuate wearable device with a circumferential or annular array of spectroscopic sensors which measures a person's body hydration. In an example, this invention can be embodied in a modular smart watch band, a specialized hydration-monitoring band, or a finger ring. A circumferential or annular array of spectroscopic sensors helps to ensure continuous measurement of body hydration, even if a wearable device shifts and/or rotates on a person's wrist, arm, or finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 10588569
    Abstract: A conductive fabric including a fabric and a wiring provided on the fabric, wherein the wiring has a first insulating layer formed on the fabric, a conductive layer provided on the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer provided on the conductive layer, and wherein in a stretching test in which the conductive fabric is stretched by a stretching rate of 10% in a stepwise manner up to a stretching rate of 100% in a longitudinal direction of the wiring, a resistance change ratio when stretched at a stretching rate of 100% is 100-fold or less, the resistance change ratio when stretched at a stretching rate of 100% being represented by an equation: R100/R0 (fold), where R0 is a resistance value at a stretching rate of 0% and R100 is a resistance value when stretched at a stretching rate of 100%. The conductive fabric is capable of maintaining high electrical conductivity even upon being stretched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Euichul Kwon, Sonoko Ishimaru, Naruhiro Shiozawa, Jihyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 10535278
    Abstract: A knitted or woven garment configured for sensing movement of an adjacent underlying body portion of a wearer of the garment via one or more sensors, the garment including a garment body including a plurality of fibres knitted together to form a layer of the garment, the garment layer for positioning adjacent to the underlying body portion when worn by the wearer; one or more electrical connectors attached to the garment body, the one or more electrical connectors for facilitating receipt and transmission of electrical signals between a controller and the one or more sensors when the controller is connected to the one or more electrical connectors; a conductive pathway consisting of one or more conductive fibres incorporated in the garment layer by knitting as part of the plurality of fibres, the conductive pathway electrically connected to the one or more electrical connectors and to the one or more sensors; each of the one or more sensors incorporated in the garment layer by knitting as part of the pluralit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: MYANT, INC.
    Inventor: Tony Chahine
  • Patent number: 10426202
    Abstract: A garment incorporates shape memory alloy, either in shape memory or super-elastic states, an accelerometer, a power source, a microprocessor, and an algorithm implemented by the microprocessor to learn and adapt to the displacement pattern of the wearer's body during a physical activity. The shape memory alloy is in the form of SMA or super-elastic wires integrated into portions of the garment, whereby activating the wire(s) shortens the corresponding wire to produce a compressive force on the wearer's body within the garment. The system thereby provides real-time, active suspension to control breast displacement, jiggle or bounce. The system provides real-time feedback to a memory or super-elastic material integrated into the garment to provide adaptive force and displacement to counteract the push-off and landing forces at each footfall of the moving wearer affecting displacement of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Recovery Force, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew W. Wyatt, Brian J. Stasey, Mark Gummin
  • Patent number: 10188152
    Abstract: A bra incorporates shape memory alloy, either in shape memory or super-elastic states, an accelerometer, a power source, a microprocessor, and an algorithm implemented by the microprocessor to learn and adapt to the displacement pattern of the wearer's breast during a physical activity. The shape memory alloy is in the form of SMA or super-elastic wires integrated into portions of the bra, whereby activating the wire(s) shortens the corresponding wire to produce a compressive force on the breast within the bra. The system thereby provides real-time, active suspension to control breast displacement or bounce. The system provides real-time feedback to a memory or super-elastic material integrated into the bra to provide adaptive force and displacement to counteract the push-off and landing forces at each footfall of the moving wearer affecting breast displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Recovery Force, LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Stasey, Mark Gummin, Matthew W. Wyatt
  • Patent number: 10182728
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory processor-readable storage media are disclosed for determining one or more biometric properties of a subject using multiple sensors positioned along a flexible backing. At least one processor of the multi-sensor device may be configured to receive output signals from the multiple sensors, identify at least one output signal from the received output signals that exhibit measurements of a targeted biological structure, determine the one or more biometric properties of the subject based on the identified at least one output signal received from at least one of the multiple sensors, and provide the determined one or more biometric properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shiqun Gu, David Boettcher Baek, Eugene Dantsker
  • Patent number: 10154793
    Abstract: Physiological monitoring can be provided through a wearable monitor that includes a flexible extended wear electrode patch and a removable reusable monitor recorder. A pair of flexile wires is interlaced or sewn into a flexible backing, serving as electrode signal pickup and electrode circuit traces. The wearable monitor sits centrally on the patient's chest along the sternum, which significantly improves the ability to sense cutaneously cardiac electric signals, particularly those generated by the atrium. The electrode patch is shaped to fit comfortably and conformal to the contours of the chest approximately centered on the sternal midline. To counter the dislodgment due to compressional and torsional forces, non-irritating adhesive is provided on the underside, or contact, surface of the electrode patch, but only on the distal and proximal ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Felix, Jon Mikalson Bishay, Gust H. Bardy
  • Patent number: 10143421
    Abstract: A method is described to facilitate behavioral nudging. The method includes receiving sensory data from one or more wearable devices, determining a context for a user wearing the one or more wearable devices based on the sensory data, determining a mechanism to nudge the user to reinforce user behavior based on stored preferences and policies and transmitting a nudging stimulus to at least one of the wearable devices via the determined mechanism to provide a notification to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: John C. Weast, Glen J. Anderson, Giuseppe Raffa
  • Patent number: 10123740
    Abstract: The wearable action-aware device includes a clothing body, a signal receiving and computing element, and a conductive line made of conductive fabric. Two ends of the conductive line are electrically connected to the signal receiving and computing element, respectively, to form a circuit, and both the signal receiving and computing element and the conductive line are disposed on the clothing body. An exposed side of the conductive line has electrical conductivity, and the circuit is disposed on a part of the clothing body corresponding to a part of a body that needs to be measured. Action information of a user can be measured when the user wears the present invention wearable action-aware device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Far Eastern New Century Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Si Yan, Wei-Che Hung, Yueh-Hsien Lin, Chih-Ting Li
  • Patent number: 10105097
    Abstract: A garment and/or garment system with health-monitoring (e.g., cardiovascular monitoring) capability, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventor: Gal Markel
  • Patent number: 10054496
    Abstract: A temperature sensing device, temperature sensor using the same and wearable device having the same. In one aspect, the temperature sensing device includes a first layer formed of a temperature sensing material. The resistance of the temperature sensing material is configured to vary in response to changes in temperature. The temperature sensing device further includes a second layer comprising silver nano-particles and a third layer formed of the temperature sensing material. The second layer is interposed between the first and third layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Jongho Hong, Wonsang Park, Jaeik Lim, Hyeyong Chu, Dae-Hyeong Kim, Jaemin Kim, Kyungsik Do, Minjoon Park
  • Patent number: 10034500
    Abstract: Provision of a garment capable of positively holding a biological information detecting device and suppressing the reduction of product lifetime to realize improvement in productivity and reduction of costs. A garment 100A includes a garment body 101 and a device housing portion 120 provided in the garment body 101 and holding a heart rate measuring device 10 having a device body 20 and electrodes 26A and 26B contacting a biological surface so as to be attached/detached, in which the device housing portion 120 holds part of the device body 20 in a state where the electrodes 26A and 26B are exposed toward the biological surface side. The device housing portion 120 houses the device body 20 in a stretched state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kaneko, Dai Terasawa, Hideki Okuda, Teruo Kato
  • Patent number: 9961951
    Abstract: Example methods and apparatus including a method of making a printed article of clothing of fabric are described herein. A customer computer is connected for data exchange with a production computer, wherein the customer sets the design of a desired article of clothing via the computer connection by setting design parameters for a respective selection target from several possible selection targets. Based on the design setting, several print parts are printed on a printing medium by means of a printer, said printing medium being either directly a fabric panel, or an intermediate medium the print of which is transferred to fabric later. Fabric pieces are cut out from a fabric panel. The fabric panel either originates from direct printing, or from the print transfer from the intermediate medium. Otherwise, the fabric panel is unprinted and the cut fabric pieces are subjected to the print transfer later. Finally, the fabric pieces are sewn together to form the article of clothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Owayo GmbH
    Inventors: Bastian Schindler, Francisco Jose Gennes Sanchez, Paul Marek
  • Patent number: 9836927
    Abstract: A system includes a wearer role identification device, a garment with a dynamically modifiable display, and a hardware controller for the dynamically modifiable display. The wearer role identification device identifies a dynamically changeable role of the wearer of the garment. The hardware controller adjusts the dynamically modifiable display based on real-time inputs received from the wearer role identification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maryam Ashoori, James R. Kozloski, Clifford A. Pickover, Maja Vukovic
  • Patent number: 9801583
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for monitoring characteristics of a subject. A system according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a sensor subsystem including at least one respiratory sensor disposed proximate to the subject and configured to detect a respiratory characteristic of the subject, wherein the sensor subsystem is configured to generate and transmit at least one respiratory signal representing the respiratory characteristic, and at least one physiological sensor disposed proximate to the subject and configured to detect a physiological characteristic of the subject, wherein the sensor subsystem is configured to generate and transmit at least one physiological signal representing the physiological characteristic, and a processor subsystem in communication with the sensor subsystem, the processor subsystem being configured to receive at least one of the at least one respiratory signal and the at least one physiological signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: P. Alexander Derchak, Larry Czapla, Catherine Anne Rogan
  • Patent number: 9782124
    Abstract: A user interface component and system for physiological parameters telemetry is provided. A user interface component may be reversibly or irreversibly attached to a garment that allows connection to a user's skin, such as via one or more holes in the garment. Signals transmitted through a conductive transfer layer in the user interface component are provided to a signal receiving unit which can collect and transmit physiological data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew D. Nordstrom
  • Patent number: 9674950
    Abstract: An electronics assembly includes one or more electronic components coupled to a fabric. Each electronic component includes one or more electrical connection points, such as a bond pad or solder bump. The electronics assembly also includes one or more metal foils, one metal foil coupled to one electrical connection point on an electronic component. The metal foil is stitched to the fabric by an electrically conductive wire, thereby providing an electrical connection between the electronic component and the electrically conductive wire via the metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Weifeng Liu, Zhen Feng, Anwar Mohammed
  • Patent number: 9591983
    Abstract: A seamless, smart fetal monitoring garment and methods of using thereof. The system includes a knitted or interwoven garment having a multiplicity of conductive textile electrodes for sensing maternal and fetal electrical vital signals. The maternal and fetal electrical vital signals are selected from a group including maternal heart rate, fetal heart rate and electromyogram (EMG) activities including uterine activities. The method includes wearing the garment, acquiring electrical mixed common, maternal and fetal vital signals from surface region of a pregnant woman, using the plurality of textile electrodes, optimally weighted summing-up the acquired signals, analyzing the summed-up signals to thereby extract the maternal signal and the fetal signal, including determining their heart rates, and including detecting health hazards and in some embodiments, including detecting a uterine contraction sequence suggesting the need to be hospitalized for birth giving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: HEALTHWATCH LTD.
    Inventors: Uri Amir, Oleg Malafriev, Itzhak Katz
  • Patent number: 9532721
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods to provide a patient care recommendation. The systems and methods receive patient information and a plurality of patient physiological signals that are related to a patient. The systems and methods are then operable to produce at least one derived patient signal from at least one of the plurality of patient physiological signals. The systems and methods use the patient information, at least one of the plurality of patient physiological signals, and the at least one derived patient signal to provide at least one patient care recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by The Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Andriy Batchinsky, Leopoldo C. Cancio, Jose Salinas
  • Patent number: 9504616
    Abstract: A patient transfer device is utilized to transport infant patients between locations within a hospital environment. The patient transfer device includes a center, support section and a pair of side sections that can be moved into contact with each other to surround the infant patient. The first and second side sections each include a handle that can be brought into close proximity to each other and can be grasped by a single hand of a clinician. The patient transfer device includes a heart rate sensor positioned to provide a heart rate measurement of the patient when the patient is received on the patient transfer device. The patient heart rate can be displayed on either an integrated display or wirelessly transmitted to an external display device. In this manner, the heart rate of the infant can be continuously monitored during transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Harry Edward Belsinger, Jr., Steven Mitchell Falk, Thomas Charles Underwood, Karen P. Starr
  • Patent number: 9351659
    Abstract: A biomedical sensor for detecting EMG signals may include a non-conducting fixed framework supporting a symmetrical arrangement of four electrode surfaces, configured as two signal detection contacts, each with a respective associated signal reference contact. The mechanical and electrical configuration act together to suppress movement artifact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Altec, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Donald Gilmore, Gianluca De Luca, Carlo J. De Luca
  • Patent number: 9339228
    Abstract: A thoracic garment for bringing an EM transducer to contact with a thoracic surface area of a wearer. The thoracic garment comprises a front thoracic garment piece and a back thoracic garment piece the front and/or back thoracic garment pieces having EM transducer(s), the front thoracic garment piece having an arrangement of passages formed therein or thereon, a handhold mechanically connected to the front thoracic garment piece, a positioning marker, and a plurality of straps each threaded in the arrangement of passages. The thoracic garment is configured to be adapted by the wearer which uses a first hand to hold the handhold for mounting the front thoracic garment piece against or close to the chest such that the positioning marker is positioned at the predefined position while using a second hand for pulling the straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Sensible Medical Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Saroka, Leonid Voshin, Ofer Karp, Shlomi Bergida
  • Patent number: 9078478
    Abstract: A therapeutic sleeve device apparatus has a flexible sleeve shaped to be worn around the arm of the user. The device has an array of accelerometers disposed on or within the flexible sleeve to physically associate with positions on the arm of the user. Each array of accelerometers has a sample rate that can be configured for sensing body movement during a movement activity. A power source and a data collection system are operably connected to the array of accelerometers. The data collection system has a means for receiving data from the array of accelerometers and processing that data into a storable format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Medlab, LLC
    Inventor: Johnny Ross, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9044587
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the invention disclosed herein provides systems, devices and methods for providing electrical stimulation to a patient. An electrical mechanical interconnection is provided to facilitate user friendly systems and devices. Exemplary therapeutic electrical stimulation devices include a shoe connected mechanically and electrically to a conductor that provides signals for electrical stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: EMPI Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jerome Bachinski, Richard Paul Shindley, Dennis Lutz
  • Publication number: 20150148619
    Abstract: A system for monitoring biometric signals of a user comprising: a garment configured to be worn by the user and comprising a mounting module having an array of connection regions; a set of biometric sensors coupled to the garment and configured to communicate with the array of connection regions to receive and transmit biometric signals indicative of muscle activity of the user; and a portable control module configured to couple to the garment in a first configuration and to decouple from the garment in a second configuration and comprising: a housing comprising an array of openings; a set of contacts, each including a first region that hermetically seals at least one of the array of openings and couples to at least one of the array of connection regions in the first configuration, and an electronics subsystem coupled to the housing and in communication with a second region of each contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: James Berg, Hamid Butt, Dhananja Jayalath, Christopher Wiebe
  • Patent number: 9037271
    Abstract: An electrode assembly that includes an electrically conductive layer, a first impedance reduction system, and a second impedance reduction system. The electrically conductive layer forms an electrode portion of the electrode assembly and a first surface to be placed adjacent a person's skin. The first impedance reduction system is configured to dispense a first amount of an electrically conductive gel onto the first surface of the electrically conductive layer in response to a first activation signal. The second impedance reduction system is configured to dispense a second amount of the electrically conductive gel onto the first surface of the electrically conductive layer in response to a second activation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kaib, Shane S. Volpe, Emil Oskin
  • Patent number: 9024619
    Abstract: A system for connecting remote equipment to a sensor device having a connector coupled to at least two terminals located on different portions of the sensor device. The portions of the sensor device may be an anterior portion and a posterior portion with each having at least one terminal. In turn, the terminals are nested on top of one another and at least one terminal is electrically accessible through a window region of the other portion. Further, the terminals are alignable with each other and with a connector by alignment indicators, which may provide a visual alignment indication for the terminals as well as a mechanical alignment of the connector with the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Verathon Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Caprio, Vanessa Beasley, Gerald J. McMorrow, Andrew Clay, Ekaterina Filipova Ivanova, Antonio Valenzuela
  • Publication number: 20150119676
    Abstract: To improve product lifetime as well as to increase wearing feeling, maintainability and productivity, and to suppress manufacturing costs and expenses of the user. A portable electronic device 10 includes a device body 20 arranged inside a garment W and housing an electronic component and a fixing member 30A formed separately from the device body 20 and arranged outside the garment W, which fixes the device body 20 so as to be attached and detached to and from the garment W in a state of sandwiching the garment W between the fixing member 30A and the device bogy 20 from the other side of the garment W. The fixing member 30A is formed so as to be elastically deformed, which is formed in a ring shape surrounding the device body 20. Gaps are provided on both sides of the device body 20 in the radial direction of the fixing member 30A between an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member 30A and the device body 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hideki OKUDA, Dai TERASAWA, Teruo KATO
  • Publication number: 20150119675
    Abstract: Provision of a garment capable of positively holding a biological information detecting device and suppressing the reduction of product lifetime to realize improvement in productivity and reduction of costs. A garment 100A includes a garment body 101 and a device housing portion 120 provided in the garment body 101 and holding a heart rate measuring device 10 having a device body 20 and electrodes 26A and 26B contacting a biological surface so as to be attached/detached, in which the device housing portion 120 holds part of the device body 20 in a state where the electrodes 26A and 26B are exposed toward the biological surface side. The device housing portion 120 houses the device body 20 in a stretched state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro KANEKO, Dai TERASAWA, Hideki OKUDA, Teruo KATO
  • Patent number: 9008748
    Abstract: A waterproof physiological signal detection device includes at least one electrode pad, a waterproof base layer, at least one water absorption unit, and a waterproof top layer. The electrode pad is positioned on a top surface of the waterproof base layer, and a first receiving compartment formed therebetween. The water absorption unit is positioned in the first receiving compartment. The water absorption unit has a top engaging the electrode pad and s a bottom engaging the waterproof base layer. The waterproof top layer overlaps the waterproof base layer and forms at least one top layer opening that corresponds to and exposes the at least one electrode pad. An undersurface of a circumference of the top layer opening overlaps a circumference of a top surface of the electrode pad with a central portion of the electrode pad projecting through the top layer opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: King's Metal Fiber Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: I-Chen Su, Hong-Hsu Huang, Shun-Tung Yang
  • Patent number: 8996092
    Abstract: A garment is provided with an electrode and indicia to facilitate placement of the garment. The indicia is used to orient the garment such that the electrode is placed in precise orientation with respect to a stimulation site to facilitate intraoperative monitoring during surgical procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: ProNerve LLC
    Inventors: Jeff Thramann, James Higgins
  • Publication number: 20150065843
    Abstract: A user interface component and system for physiological parameters telemetry is provided. A user interface component may be reversibly or irreversibly attached to a garment that allows connection to a user's skin, such as via one or more holes in the garment. Signals transmitted through a conductive transfer layer in the user interface component are provided to a signal receiving unit which can collect and transmit physiological data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: MATTHEW D. NORDSTROM
  • Publication number: 20150065842
    Abstract: A textile electrode kit mounted to the clothing includes a contact-type electrode or a non-contact electrode, and the textile electrode kit may be mounted to a clothing having a lower fixed member configured to reduce a motion artifact and a partially three-dimensional clothing structure by means of sewing. On occasions, the textile electrode kit having a non-contact electrode may be inserted into and used in an electrode-mounting pocket or an electrode-mounting tunnel formed at the clothing. The textile electrode kit of the present disclosure may detect various kinds of bio signals such as a heart activity signal, an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, an electromyogram signal, a breathing signal or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Joo Hyeon LEE, Jeong-Whan Lee, Young-Jae Lee, Hye Ran Hoo