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US 2017/0319132 A1Published application
Devices and methods for use with physiological monitoring garments
AssigneeL.I.F.E. Corporation S.A.
InventorsGianluigi LONGINOTTI-BUITONI, Andrea ALIVERTI
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Abstract
A wearable garment including a sensor management system (SMS) network allowing scalable numbers of sensors for communication with a wearable phone. Methods of using the SMS networks are also disclosed.
Claims35
A garment, the garment comprising:
- a garment body formed of a first fabric;
- a plurality of sensors permanently affixed to the garment body;
- a primary sensor management system (SMS) module, wherein the primary SMS module includes:
- a phone securement connector, a plurality of primary sensor data inputs, a plurality of electrical output connectors, and a housing enclosing processing circuitry coupled to the plurality of primary sensor data inputs and the plurality of electrical output connectors;
- a plurality of secondary SMS nodes, wherein the secondary SMS nodes each include:
- a plurality of node sensor inputs receiving input from one or more of the plurality of sensors, one or more node sensor outputs and node processing circuitry comprising a digitizer and an encoder configured to sample analog sensor data from the node sensor inputs and encode a digital representation of the analog sensor data for transmission on the one or more node sensor outputs;
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- one or more elastic electrical connectors attached to the garment body and connecting the plurality of secondary SMS nodes to the primary SMS module, wherein the one or more elastic electrical connectors each include:
- an elongate strip of a second fabric, and a plurality of insulated wires extending along a length of one side of the elongate strip in a sinusoidal or zig-zag pattern;
- wherein the primary SMS module is affixed to the garment body on an outer central back portion of the garment body so that the primary SMS module is positioned on a wearer's upper back when the wearer is wearing the garment.
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A garment, the garment comprising:
- a garment body formed of a first fabric;
- a plurality of n sensors permanently affixed to the garment body;
- a primary sensor management system (SMS) module, wherein the primary SMS module includes:
- a phone securement connector, a plurality of m primary sensor data inputs, where m is less than n, a plurality of electrical output connectors, and processing circuitry coupled to the plurality of primary sensor data inputs and digitally encoding sensor output for transmission from the plurality of electrical output connectors;
- a plurality of secondary SMS nodes, wherein the secondary SMS nodes each include:
- a plurality of node sensor inputs receiving input from one or more of the plurality of sensors, one or more node sensor outputs and node processing circuitry comprising a digitizer and an encoder configured to sample analog sensor data from the node sensor inputs and encode a digital representation of the analog sensor data for transmission on the one or more node sensor outputs;
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- one or more electrical connectors connecting the plurality of secondary SMS nodes to the primary SMS module, wherein the one or more elastic electrical connectors each include:
- a plurality of insulated wires extending in a sinusoidal or zig-zag pattern;
- wherein the primary SMS module is affixed to the garment body on an outer central back portion of the garment body so that the primary SMS module is positioned on a wearer's upper back when the wearer is wearing the garment.
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A garment, the garment comprising:
- a garment body formed of a first fabric;
- a plurality of n sensors permanently affixed to the garment body;
- a primary sensor management system (SMS) module, wherein the primary SMS module includes:
- a phone securement connector, a plurality of m primary sensor data inputs, where m is less than n, a plurality of electrical output connectors, and processing circuitry coupled to the plurality of primary sensor data inputs and the plurality of electrical output connectors;
- a plurality of secondary SMS nodes, wherein the secondary SMS nodes each include:
- a plurality of node sensor inputs receiving input from one or more of the plurality of sensors, one or more node sensor outputs and node processing circuitry connected to the plurality of node sensor inputs and the one or more node sensor outputs;
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- one or more electrical connectors connecting the plurality of secondary SMS nodes to the primary SMS module.
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