US 10,292,650 B2Granted

System for monitoring a physiological parameter of players engaged in a sporting activity

AssigneeRiddell, Inc.

InventorsRichard M. Greenwald, Jeffrey J. Chu, Joseph J. Crisco, III, Thad M. Ide

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Abstract

The present invention provides a system for monitoring a physiological parameter of players engaged in a sporting activity. The system includes a plurality of reporting units, a controller, and a signaling device. The reporting unit has an arrangement of sensing devices that measure the physiological parameter of an individual player and generate parameter data. The controller receives the parameter data transmitted from each reporting unit and then processes the parameter data to calculate a parameter result. When the parameter result exceeds a predetermined value, the controller communicates with a signaling device that provides an alert to sideline personnel to monitor the player(s) in question. The system also includes a remote storage device for holding historical data collected by the system which permits subsequent analysis. The system can monitor a number of player physiological parameters, including the acceleration of a player's body part that experiences an impact and the temperature of each player.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A system for monitoring and analyzing impacts experienced by a player when engaged in a contact sport, the player wearing a single piece of protective sports equipment adjacent a body part that receives and attenuates impacts while the player is engaged in the contact sport, the system comprising:

a reporting unit positioned within the single piece of protective sports equipment worn against the body part of the player while engaged in the contact sport, the reporting unit having:
(i) a plurality of sensing devices arranged against the player's body part to measure changes in acceleration of the player's body part resulting from impacts applied to the protective sports equipment and to generate impact-related data for each of said impacts;
(ii) a control unit configured to process said impact-related data resulting from impacts applied to the protective sports equipment, the control unit also being configured to calculate impact-related information for each of said impacts, wherein said impact-related information includes:
(a) a body part acceleration result,
(b) a direction of the impact;
(c) a location of the impact, and
(d) a duration of the impact;
and
(iii) a telemetry element configured to transmit an alert signal when said calculated body part acceleration result exceeds a predetermined value;
a remote handheld signaling device configured to both receive said alert signal from the telemetry element and display an alert when said calculated body part acceleration result exceeds said predetermined value, wherein the remote handheld signaling device is worn or held by a person not engaged in the contact sport;
an internet enabled storage device configured to both receive and store impact-related information transmitted from the remote handheld signaling device, wherein the internet enabled storage device is not required to be co-located with:
(i) the reporting unit, (ii) the remote handheld signaling device, or (iii) an internet enabled viewing device;
and
the internet enabled viewing device configured to connect to the internet enabled storage device through the internet, said internet enabled viewing device allowing a person to view:
(i) the body part acceleration result for each impact,
(ii) the location of each impact,
(iii) the time each impact occurred, and
(iv) cumulative impacts sustained by the player over a predefined amount of time.

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A system for monitoring and analyzing impacts experienced by a player when engaged in playing football, the system comprising:

a reporting unit positioned within a single piece of protective sports equipment that is worn against a body part of the player while engaged in playing football, the reporting unit having:
(i) a plurality of sensing devices arranged against the player's body part to measure changes in acceleration of the player's body part and to generate impact-related data for each of said impacts;
(ii) a control unit configured to calculate impact-related information for each of said impacts, wherein said impact-related information includes:
(a) an impact magnitude,
(b) a location of the impact, and
(c) a duration of the impact;
and
(iii) a telemetry element configured to wirelessly transmit said impact information to a remote device when said impact magnitude exceeds a predetermined value, wherein said remote device is separate from the reporting unit;
an internet enabled storage device configured to both receive and store impact-related information transmitted from the remote device, wherein the internet enabled storage device is not required to be co-located with:
(i) the reporting unit, (ii) the remote device, or (iii) an internet enabled viewing device;
and
the internet enabled viewing device configured to connect to the internet enabled storage device through the internet, said internet enabled viewing device allowing a person to view team management tools, which include:
(i) a roster manager that is configured to contain the player's position, jersey number, and equipment sizes;
and
(ii) an alert manager that is configured to contain:
(a) the impact magnitude of each impact, (b) the location of each impact, (c) the time each impact occurred, (d) cumulative impacts sustained by the player over a predefined amount of time.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/450,928Filed 4 Aug 2014 · continuation
Priority: 11 Oct 2000
Published: US 2015/0173676 A125 Jun 2015
Granted: 21 May 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification28 codes

A61B 5/6803
Sensor mounted on worn items: head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
A42B 3/046
Detecting, signalling or lighting devices: means for detecting hazards or accidents
A61B 5/0002
Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons: remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals…
A61B 5/002
Characterised by features of the telemetry system: monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building

Family

Application60/239,379Us provisional application · filed 11 Oct 2000
Application09/974,566Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Oct 2001
Application60/609,555Us provisional application · filed 13 Sep 2004
Application10/997,832Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 24 Nov 2004
US 6,826,509 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Nov 2004
Application11/225,880Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Sep 2005
US 8,554,509 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 8 Oct 2013
US 2015/0173676 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 Jun 2015
US 8,797,165 B2Parent of this continuation
Application11/225,880Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application10/997,832Parent of this continuation
US 2002/0060633 A1Published application
US 2005/0177335 A1Published application
US 2006/0074338 A1Published application
US 10,292,650 B2This patent

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