Patent ID: 9724040
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A41D,A61B,A63B

Claim:
1. A system for collecting physiological data comprising a data collection device comprising at least one sensor module so configured as to capture physiological measurements, and a monitoring system so configured as to retrieve and transmit the physiological measurements, wherein: the data collection device comprises a garment wherein the sensor module and the monitoring system are integrated, the monitoring system comprises: at least two housings connected together mechanically in a flexible manner so as to conform to the shape of a part of the body whereon the monitoring system is able to be positioned; at least one flexible connecting member for mechanically connecting the at least two housings; a data acquisition and wireless communication module installed in one of the two housings; a motion detection module installed in a first housing of the at least two housings, electrically connected to the data acquisition and wireless communication module and so configured as to capture motion data, the data acquisition and wireless communication module being so configured as to retrieve and send the physiological measurements and the motion data to a remote receiver; wherein the at least one connecting member is deformable in bend in one single direction of bend and is not deformable in bend in any other directions of bend, wherein each of the at least two housings comprises at least one snap button so configured as to fasten said housing to the garment, with at least one snap button being electrically connected to the sensor module via at least one wire of a wired electrical connection system.