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US9011344B1 - Infant monitor - Google Patents
US9011344B1
US9011344B1 US13/291,047 US201113291047A US9011344B1 US 9011344 B1 US9011344 B1 US 9011344B1 US 201113291047 A US201113291047 A US 201113291047A US 9011344 B1 US9011344 B1 US 9011344B1
US13/291,047
IMPACT SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
2004-09-28 Priority to US61378504P priority Critical
2005-03-21 Priority to US11/085,778 priority patent/US20060069319A1/en
2005-03-25 Priority to US66511605P priority
2006-03-24 Priority to US11/388,707 priority patent/US20070106132A1/en
2007-06-13 Priority to US11/762,078 priority patent/US7468036B1/en
2007-09-16 Priority to US11/856,056 priority patent/US7625344B1/en
2008-09-17 Priority to US9784408P priority
2009-09-16 Priority to US56122209A priority
2010-07-28 Priority to US36826210P priority
2010-11-08 Priority to US41096910P priority
2011-07-27 Priority to US13/191,907 priority patent/US20120088982A1/en
2011-11-07 Priority to US13/291,047 priority patent/US9011344B1/en
2011-11-07 Application filed by IMPACT SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. filed Critical IMPACT SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
2015-04-20 Assigned to IMPACT SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. reassignment IMPACT SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: BRADY, DON, HUNT, MARK, RULKOV, NIKOLAI
2015-04-21 Publication of US9011344B1 publication Critical patent/US9011344B1/en
A monitoring device for monitoring the vital signs of an infant is disclosed herein. The monitoring device is preferably comprises an article, an optical sensor, an accelerometer and processor. The optical sensor preferably comprises a photodetector and a plurality of light emitting diodes. A sensor signal from the optical sensor is processed with a filtered accelerometer output signal from the accelerometer to create a filtered vital sign signal used to generate a real-time vital sign for the infant which is preferably sent to a mobile communication device.
The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/410,969, filed on Nov. 8, 2010. The Present Application is also a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/191,907, filed on Jul. 27, 2011, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/368,262, filed Jul. 28, 2010. The present application is also a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/561,222, filed on Sep. 16, 2009, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/097,844, filed on Sep. 17, 2008, and which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/856,056, filed Sep. 16, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,625,344, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/762,078, filed on Jun. 13, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,468,036, and which is also a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/388,707, filed on Mar. 24, 2006, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/665,116, filed on Mar. 25, 2005, and which is also a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/085,778, filed on Mar. 21, 2005, now abandoned, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/613,785, filed on Sep. 28, 2004. All of the above mentioned applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
The present invention is related to an infant monitor. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system for monitoring an infant's vital signs that is used in conjunction with a mobile communication device.
Parents worry about the health of their infants. They want to know if their infant is healthy.
Higgins et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,479,932 for an Infant Health Monitoring System discloses using a non-contacting sensor to monitor an infant.
Jackson, III, U.S. Pat. No. 6,047,201 for an Infant Blood Oxygen Monitor And SIDS Warning Device discloses a pulse oximeter worn by the infant.
MacCarter et al., U.S. Pat. No. 6,858,006 for Cardiopulmonary Monitoring discloses a data gathering device.
Proebsting, U.S. Pat. No. 6,989,744 for an Infant Monitoring System With Removable Ear Insert discloses a system wherein only a wearer of an ear insert can hear an alert.
Watson Jr., U.S. Pat. No. 7,636,594 for an Infant Warming And Sensor Mat discloses a mat with a sensor.
Thompson et al., U.S. Patent Publication Number 20090240160 for an Infant Monitoring System discloses a positioning member with an accelerometer.
Vogel, U.S. Patent Publication Number 20100241018 for a Baby Monitor discloses a device worn on an infant's chest.
However, the prior art fails to provide a monitoring device that can be worn for an extended period and provide health information to a parent or guardian of an infant.
FIG. 25 is an illustration of an infant wearing a monitoring device.
FIG. 26 is an illustration of an infant wearing a monitoring device in a crib.
FIG. 27 is a modified floor plan of a home with an infant wearing a monitoring device in one room and parents in a separate room.
FIG. 27A is a modified floor plan of a home with an infant wearing a monitoring device in one room and a parent monitoring the infant by a mobile communication device in a separate room.
i. (220-38) x.6=109
ii. (220-38) x.7=127
Cardio Zone=(220-your age)×70% & 80%
i. (220-38) x.7=127
ii. (220-38) x.8=146
As shown in FIGS. 25-28, the system includes a monitoring device 20 and a receiver or mobile communication device 31. The monitoring device 20 transmits data to the receiver 29 or mobile communication device 31 for display on a screen of the mobile communication device 31. The infant 72 resides in a crib 120 with rails 121 in a separate room 132 of the home 130, and the infant has a monitoring 20 preferably attached over an artery 77 of the infant's arm 77. The parents preferably sleep in an alternative room 131 of the home 130 where the receiver 29 resides or where the parent uses a mobile communication device 31 to monitor the infant.
Such a mobile communication device 31 preferably includes the IPHONE® smartphone or IPAD™ tablet computer, both from Apple, Inc., BLACKBERRY® smartphones from Research In Motion, the ANDROID® smartphone from Google, Inc., the TRE® smartphone from Palm, Inc., and many more.
One aspect of the present invention is a system for monitoring at least one vital sign of an infant. The system comprises a mobile communication device 31 and a monitoring device 20. The mobile communication device 31 comprises a short range wireless transceiver, a processor and a display screen. The monitoring device 20 comprises a housing, an optical sensor for measuring blood flow through an artery of a wrist, arm or ankle of the user, a processor, a short range wireless transceiver, and a power source. The short range wireless transceiver operates on a communication protocol using a 9 kHz communication format, a 125 kHz RFID communication format, a 13.56 MHz communication format, a 433 MHz communication format, a 433 MHz RFID communication format, or a 900 MHz RFID communication format.
Another aspect of the present invention is a method wherein the monitoring device 20 transmits raw data from the optical sensor and the motion sensor to mobile communication device 31for processing using a signal processing algorithm such as discussed in reference to FIG. 10.
Another aspect of the present invention is a method wherein the monitoring device 20 performs a first filtering of the signals before transmitting the filtered data to the mobile communication device 31 for further processing.
A mobile communication device 31 receives signals from a heart rate monitor (“HRM”) and the display of the mobile communication device 31 is used to view an infant's heart rate (“HR”) and to work out to apps and to store data. The HRM simply outputs HR and accelerometer data to the mobile communication device 31 where a mobile application software (“HRM SW”) is processed by the powerful processor of the mobile communication device 31. All “heavy” processing and memory is conducted on the mobile communication device 31. This reduces the cost, size and power requirements of monitoring device and allows for the more powerful offboard processing, display and storage of HR data by the mobile communication device 31.
The communications from the monitoring device to the mobile communication device 31 is preferably accomplished by using a part 15 low power short range radio, standard Blue tooth or Blue Tooth Low Energy to conserve power or other low power short range communications means. For mobile phones and mobile phone applications the HRM is preferably interactive with Windows operating systems, Apple Operating systems or emergent operating systems such as Android. This facilitates the broadest use in home and in mobile applications.
The monitoring device preferably transmits raw heart rate and accelerometer data to a mobile communication device 31. The data is preferably stored or real-time data.
The application of the mobile communication device 31 interprets data, displays, and stores it. Such data might include items like heart rate, movement, max/min/average heart rate, and others. This allows for use of the greater processing power on the mobile communication device 31.
Alternatively the monitoring device transmits interpreted data: heart rate, movement, max/min/average heart rate, and others.
The monitoring device 20 can communicate using a part 15 low power radio or BLUETOOTH radio to interface and communicate to a base station located nearby in the home. The base station can communicate internally throughout the home using a WIFI or simple RF protocol to send local alerts and status. Alternatively the base station can be fitted with a cellular modem that will permit the station to communicate to mobile communication devices or a PC to send alerts and update messages on the monitoring status.
1. A method for monitoring a plurality of real-time vital signs of an infant with a wireless monitoring device, the method comprising:
generating a digital signal corresponding to the flow of blood through an artery of the user, the digital signal generated from an optical sensor in proximity to the artery of the infant, the optical sensor comprising a photodetector and a plurality of LEDs, the optical sensor positioned on a monitoring device, the monitoring device configured to be attached to infant, the monitoring device comprising a processor, an accelerometer and a short range transceiver, the accelerometer, the short range transceiver and the optical sensor in communication the processor and positioned on a housing;
filtering motion noise from the digital signal utilizing the accelerometer on the monitoring device;
processing the digital signal on the processor of the monitoring device to obtain an average pulse value of a first set of time periods;
processing the digital signal on the processor to obtain an average pulse value of a second set of time periods, the second set of time periods less than the first set of time periods;
subtracting on the processor the average pulse value of the second set of time periods from the average pulse value of the first set of time periods to generate a first filtered pulse data value;
processing on the processor the first filtered pulse data value to obtain a first heart rate value;
using on the processor the first heart rate value to filter the subsequent average pulse values generated from the digital signal to obtain a real-time heart rate value of the user;
transmitting the real-time heart rate data of the user from a short range transceiver of the monitoring device to a base station, the base station comprising a short range transceiver;
transmitting the real-time heart rate of the infant from the base station to a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device comprising a short range transceiver, a processor and a display screen; and
displaying the real-time heart rate data of the user on the display screen of the mobile communication device.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the short range wireless transceiver of the monitoring device operates on a communication protocol using WiFi, Infrared, or ultrasound.
3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the mobile communication device is a smartphone.
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