Device for monitoring and measuring concussions and head impact
OwnerMarc McNeese, Shandra McNeeseinventors
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Abstract
A device for measuring parameters associated with concussions due to impacts to the head of a person using a mouthpiece with a sensor that is configured to contact one or more bones of a person's face, such as the maxilla bone. The device may include a number of inflatable air pockets to aid in retaining the position of the sensor. The device may further include a sensor that contacts the exterior of a person's cranium and a communication module for transmitting the sensor readings. The device may be hinged in such a way that users may still easily talk and breathe.
Claims20
A device for detecting and measuring concussions in a user comprising:
- a mouthpiece comprising an upper portion and a lower portion;
- said upper portion comprising an upper wall;
- said lower portion comprising a lower wall;
- a sensor;
- at least one upper balloon disposed along said upper wall;
- at least one lower balloon disposed along said lower wall;
- and
- wherein when said mouthpiece is worn by a user and when said at least one upper balloon and said at least one lower balloon are inflated, said sensor is in contact with a portion of a maxilla and a mandible of the user;
- wherein the sensor is operable to measure one or more of pressure, force, acceleration, momentum, translation, impulse or impact;
- wherein the device detects and measures concussions in the user using the measured one or more of pressure, force, acceleration, momentum, translation, impulse, or impact.
A device for detecting and measuring concussions in a user comprising:
- a mouthpiece comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion comprising at least one upper balloon, said lower portion comprising at least one lower balloon;
- a sensor;
- and
- wherein when said mouthpiece is worn by a user and when said at least one upper balloon and said at least one lower balloon are inflated, said sensor is in contact with a maxilla and a mandible of the user;
- wherein said sensor is operable to measure one or more of pressure, force, acceleration, momentum, translation, impulse or impact
- wherein the device detects and measures concussions in the user using the measured one or more of pressure, force, acceleration, momentum, translation, impulse, or impact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.