Patent ID: 7764166
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A tactile stimulation system, comprising: a detector configured for receiving an input representative of at least one predetermined physical property, the detector providing an output when one or more of the detected physical properties falls outside a predetermined range; and a tactile alarm configured to be placed directly or indirectly in contact with a skin surface on a subject to whom an output of the tactile alarm is to be provided and being in communication with the output of the detector and to be actuated in response to the predetermined physical property falling outside its predetermined range; wherein the tactile alarm provides tactile stimulation to the subject in response to an activation signal when the predetermined property falls outside its predetermined range such that the provided tactile stimulation is varied in application frequency, in intensity or spatially over the skin surface proportionally with the predetermined property as it varies outside the predetermined range.