Patent ID: 9693730
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,G08B,G16H

Claim:
1. A system for wirelessly monitoring the health of an infant, the system comprising: a sensing module removably disposed within a wearable article, wherein at least a portion of the sensing module is configured to be in contact with the infant's foot; the sensing module comprising: a processing unit configured to receive and process health readings received by the sensing module, an accelerometer configured to detect movement of the infant's foot, the accelerometer also configured to determine a current sleeping position of the infant, wherein when determining the current sleeping position of the infant, readings from the accelerometer are allowed to settle and persist for a particular amount of time, and a pulse oximeter configured to detect at least a blood-oxygen level of the infant; and wherein the processing unit: identifies a particular alarm level based upon a health reading relating to the blood-oxygen level of the infant that was acquired during time periods when the accelerometer did not detect movement of the infant's foot, elevates the particular alarm level to a higher alarm level based upon a reading received from the accelerometer that indicates the current sleeping position of the infant is face down, and triggers an alarm alert at the higher alarm level.