Patent ID: 7559902

Claim:
A physiological monitoring garment comprising: a first fabric portion; a second fabric portion; an elongate stretchable textile data/power bus between the first fabric portion and the second fabric portion, the elongate stretchable textile data/power bus including a plurality of integral conductors, woven, knitted, or braided along the length thereof in a strain relief pattern; a respiration monitoring device connected to said textile data/power bus and including: a first elongate stretchable textile member, a first conductive component associated with said textile member, a second conductive component associated with said textile member, and threads of the textile member providing dielectric separation between the first and second conductive components so that the expansion and contraction of said textile member results in a change in the spacing between the first and second conductive components; and at least two sensors connected to the textile data/power bus, the sensors each including: a flexible circuit board configured as an electrode, a conductive portion on one surface of said flexible circuit board, and a dielectric material on said conductive portion.