G08B 21/0446
Worn on the body to detect changes of posture
Official title: {worn on the body to detect changes of posture, e.g. a fall, inclination, acceleration, gait}
G08B21/0446 (Worn on the body to detect changes of posture) appears on 839 US grants and 1,054 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G08B- Granted patents
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- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Detecting falls using a mobile device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,386 B2Apple Inc.
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- Cloud-based patient monitoring and pain management system11 Aug 2026US 12,702,298 B2Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
- Method for creating a frailty indicator value for a person using a hearing instrument and hearing instrument11 Aug 2026US 12,707,188 B2Sivantos Pte.Ltd
- System and method for detecting a fall of a person27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253483 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- Systems and methods for predicting a defined motor state from augmented reality headset data for automatic cue activation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245444 A1
- Method and device for monitoring a person13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237288 A1Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris
- Computer-implemented method for training of a machine learning model in accident event assessment6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228646 A1Autoliv Development AB
- Alert and safety device for electromechanical equipment6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229109 A1Surus Connect
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