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US 2012/0059283 A1Published application
System for evaluating infant movement
AssigneeUniversity of California
InventorsDana Gravem, Donald Patterson, Pai Chou, Daniel Cooper
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Abstract
A system and method for measuring movements, utilizing one or more wireless accelerometers attached to one or more limbs of a human subject for the purpose of determining certain temporal and spatial gestures of the subject.
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A system for determining an infant's risk for experiencing a medical disorder, comprising:
- one or more wireless accelerometers for attachment to one or more extremities of an infant subject, each accelerometer configured to measure physical movement from one of the subject's extremities;
- a base station in wireless communication with the accelerometers;
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- a processing circuit electrically coupled to the base station, the processing circuit being adapted to perform statistical analyses of data from the accelerometers and to compare the processed data to a reference standard in order to determine whether the subject is at risk of experiencing the medical disorder.
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A method for diagnosing whether an infant subject is at risk for a predetermined medical condition, comprising:
- measuring movements from a plurality of limbs of the subject, wherein the measuring is performed by a plurality of wireless accelerometers attached to the plurality of limbs, the plurality of accelerometers providing data wirelessly to a base station;
- normalizing the data;
- calculating one or more features using the normalized data,
- comparing the features to a standard to determine whether the subject demonstrates certain predetermined movements which indicate that the subject is at risk for the medical condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.