Patent ID: 8140143

Claim:
A system for monitoring physiological data comprising: a wearable washable breathable garment adapted to be worn in multiple positions on the human body; a plurality of sensors attached to said garment for acquiring sensor data indicative of one or more of the following characteristics of said human body: heart rate variability, motion, electrodermal activity, and temperature, wherein at least one of said sensors is an electrodermal activity sensor that includes an op-amp circuit with non-linear feedback that automatically scales gain to compensate for a range in skin conductance; a wireless communication unit attached to said garment for transmitting physiological data including or derived from said sensor data via a wireless communications link to a remotely located utilization system; and a processor attached to said garment or included in said remotely located utilization system for analyzing said physiological data to identify patterns manifested by said physiological data indicative of the condition of said human body.