Electromyographic Clothing
AssigneeMedibotics LLC
InventorRobert A. Connor
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Abstract
This invention is an article of clothing with electromyographic (EMG) sensors which measures body motion and/or muscle activity. This clothing can be a short-sleeve shirt or a pair of shorts, wherein the electromyographic (EMG) sensors are on the cuffs. The electromyographic (EMG) sensors can be modular; they can be removably attached to different locations in order to create a customized article of electromyographic clothing which optimally measures the muscle activity of a particular person or muscle activity during a particular sport. This clothing can also include bending-based motion sensors.
Claims9
An article of electromyographic clothing comprising:
- one or more articles of clothing;
- a plurality of bending-based motion sensors which are attached to and/or integrated into the one or more articles of clothing, wherein these bending-based motion sensors are configured to collect motion data concerning changes in the configurations of a set of body joints;
- a plurality of electromyographic sensors which are attached to and/or integrated into the one or more articles of clothing, wherein these electromyographic sensors are configured to collect electromagnetic energy data concerning the neuromuscular activity of a set of muscles, and wherein muscles in the set of muscles move joints in the set of body joints;
- and a data processing unit which analyzes both data from the bending-based motion sensors and data from the electromyographic sensors in order to measure and/or model body motion and/or muscle activity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.