Apparatus for detecting human physiological and contextual information

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing support section for engaging at least a portion of said body;
• a housing removably attached to and supported by said housing support section;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
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• one or more additional housing support sections that may be selectively removably attached to said housing.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a self-contained housing suitable to be worn on the left chest portion of said body;
• one or more sensors within said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
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• a processing unit within said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
• said one or more sensors comprising a sensor for sensing one or more heart related parameters including at least one of heart rate, beat-to-beat variability, ECG, pulse oximetry, heart-related sounds, and parameters relating to the mechanical action of the heart.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer which is mounted on said body in conjunction with a garment, comprising:

• a housing;
• a garment suitable to be worn on a portion of the body which restrains and supports said housing in a position proximate to the left chest of said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
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• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
• said one or more sensors comprising a sensor for sensing one or more heart related parameters including at least one of heart rate, beat-to-beat variability, ECU, pulse oximetry, heart-related sounds, and parameters relating to the mechanical action of the heart.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer in an ambient environment, comprising:

• a housing;
• a base member having a preselected resistivity mounted within said housing;
• a first temperature measuring device attached to a first side of said base member;
• a thermal energy communicator mounted adjacent to said first temperature measuring device for placing said first temperature measuring device in thermal communication with a portion of said body, said thermal energy communicator being located between said first temperature measuring device and said portion of said body when said apparatus is being worn on said body;
• a second temperature measuring device attached to a second side of said base member, said second temperature measuring device in thermal communication with said ambient environment;
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• a processing unit provided in said housing, said first and second temperature measuring devices being in electronic communication with said processing unit;
• wherein said apparatus is adapted to measure heat flux between said body and said ambient environment.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer in an ambient environment, comprising:

• a housing;
• a printed circuit board supported by said housing, said printed circuit board having a preselected resistivity;
• a first thermistor attached to a first side of said printed circuit board and a second thermistor attached to a second side of said printed circuit board;
• a processing unit supported by said housing, said first thermistor and said second thermistor in electrical communication with said processing unit;
• a heat conduit, said heat conduit having a first surface and a second surface;
• a first thermally conductive interface component, said first thermally conductive interface component being in thermal communication with said body of said wearer when said apparatus is being worn;
• a second thermally conductive interface component in thermal communication with said ambient environment when said apparatus is being worn;
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• a first thermally conductive interface material located between said first thermally conductive interface component and said first surface of said heat conduit, a second thermally conductive interface material located between said second surface of said heat conduit and said first thermistor, and a third thermally conductive interface material located between said second thermistor and said second thermally conductive interface component;
• wherein said apparatus is adapted to measure heat flux between said body and said ambient environment.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more detected physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more detected contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least one of at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters, (ii) derived data from at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, said derived data comprising a calculated parameter based on at least one of said detected parameters, being an individual status parameter that cannot be directly detected by any of said at least two sensors and (iii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
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• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
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• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors, said one or more sensors comprising a sensor for measuring GSR including at least two electrical contacts, said electrical contacts having a textured surface.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
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• a proximity sensor for sensing whether said apparatus is being worn.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
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• a proximity sensor for automatically powering said apparatus on and off.

A method for detecting from the body of a wearer parameters relating to the heart of the wearer, comprising:

• generating a first physiological acoustic signal including a first physiological acoustic component generated from the motion of said heart and a second physiological acoustic component generated from non-heart related motion of said body of said wearer, said non-heart related motion comprising footfalls of said wearer;
• generating a second signal related to said non-heart related motion of said body;
• generating a third signal by using said second signal to subtract at least a portion said second physiological acoustic component from said first signal;
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• generating said heart related parameters from said third signal.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing, said at least two sensors being selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said sensors generating data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter of the wearer;
• a processor, said processor generating derived data based on said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter, said derived data comprising a third parameter of said wearer, said third parameter being an individual status parameter that cannot be directly detected by any of said at least two sensors;
• a memory for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data;
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• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• housing support section for engaging at least a portion of said body, said housing being attached to said housing support section;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
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• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors, said one or more sensors comprising a sensing component for contacting the skin of a wearer, said sensing component comprising a plurality of microneedles.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a self-contained housing suitable to be worn on said body:
• one or more sensors within said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
• and
• a processing unit within said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors, said one or more sensors comprising one or more electrical contacts, said electrical contacts having a textured surface.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• a housing support section for engaging at least a portion of said body, said housing being attached to said housing support section;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
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• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors and with a sensing component placed in contact with the skin of said wearer, said sensing component comprising a plurality of microneedles.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors comprising at least one of:
• an ambient temperature sensor, an ambient light sensor, an ambient sound sensor, an EMG sensor, a skin impedance sensor and a heat flux sensor;
• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
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• a wireless transceiver for receiving information from and transmitting information to a computing device, said computing device displaying information to an individual and enabling said individual to input information, said computing device and said processing unit being adapted to engage in shared computing.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors further comprising at least one of:
• a sensor for measuring GSR including at least two electrical contacts, a skin temperature sensor, an ambient temperature sensor, an accelerometer, an ambient light sensor, an ambient sound sensor, an EMG sensor, an ECU sensor, a skin impedance sensor, a heat flux sensor, and a sensor for measuring heart related parameters;
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• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors, said one or more sensors comprising a sensing component for contacting the skin of said wearer, said sensing component comprising a plurality of microneedles.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a self-contained housing suitable to be worn on the upper arm portion of said body;
• one or more sensors within said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said one or more sensors comprising at least one of:
• an ambient temperature sensor, an ambient light sensor, an ambient sound sensor, an EMG sensor, a skin impedance sensor, and a heat flux sensor;
• and
• a processing unit within said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing support section for engaging at least a portion of said body, said housing support section having an adhesive material on a surface thereof for attaching said housing support section to said body;
• a housing located between said housing support section and said body, said housing being held against said body by said housing support section;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
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• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing, said housing engaging said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
• a housing support section placed over said housing, said housing support section engaging said body and securing said housing in place against said body by way of pressure alone.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing;
• a housing support section comprising a flexible section for receiving and supporting the insertion of said housing, said housing support section engaging at least a portion of said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
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• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors, said processing unit being in electronic communication with a feedback device for providing feedback information to a wearer of said device.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on a portion of said body;
• a housing support section for engaging at least a portion of said body, said housing being attached to said housing support section;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
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• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
• said one or more sensors comprising a sensor for sensing one or more heart related parameters including at least one of heart rate, beat-to-beat variability, ECG, pulse oximetry, heart-related sounds, and parameters relating to the mechanical action of the heart, said portion of said body comprising the left chest.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• a housing support section comprising a flexible section for engaging at least a portion of said body, said housing being selectively removably attached to said housing support section;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
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• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors, said one or more sensors comprising one or more electrical contacts, said electrical contacts having a textured surface comprising a plurality of raised bumps.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of:
• a sensor for measuring GSR including at least two electrical contacts, a skin temperature sensor, an ambient temperature sensor, an accelerometer, an ambient light sensor, an ambient sound sensor, an EMG sensor, an ECG sensor, a skin impedance sensor, a heat flux sensor, and a sensor for measuring heart related parameters;
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• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors and with a sensing component placed in contact with the skin of said wearer, said sensing component comprising a plurality of microneedles.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
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• an electrochemical display for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a flexible housing comprising plastic film, said flexible housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to the left chest area of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more heart related physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least one of at least a portion of said data indicative of said heart related physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of said heart related physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of said heart related physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
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• an electrochemical display for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of said heart related physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least one of at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
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• a wireless communications device for at least one of receiving information from and transmitting information to a computing device
• wherein said processing unit and said computing device are adapted to engage in shared computing.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• and
• a computing device coupled to said processing unit by a physical connection for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a rigid housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• and
• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• and
• means for manually entering information into said apparatus.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a rigid housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• and
• means for manually entering information into said apparatus, said analytical status data being generated from at least a portion of manually entered information.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• and
• a computing device coupled to said processing unit for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• wherein said processing unit is adapted to cause said computing device to trigger an event upon detection of one or more physiological conditions of said wearer.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data and to cause a computing device to trigger an event upon detection of one or more physiological conditions of said wearer;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• and
• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said physiological sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of said wearer, said contextual sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least one of at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• and
• means for manually entering information into said apparatus;
• said apparatus monitoring the degree to which said individual has followed a predetermined routine, said analytical status data comprising feedback to said individual relating to the degree to which said individual has followed said predetermined routine, said feedback being generated from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of one or more physiological parameters of said individual, said derived data and said manually entered data.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing selected from the group consisting of:
• a sensor for measuring GSR including at least two electrical contacts, a skin temperature sensor, an ambient temperature sensor, an accelerometer, an ambient light sensor, an ambient sound sensor, an EMG sensor, an ECG sensor, a skin impedance sensor, a heat flux sensor, and a sensor for measuring heart related parameters, said sensors adapted to facilitate the generation of data indicative of one or more physiological parameters or contextual parameters of said wearer;
• a processing unit in electrical communication with said sensors, said processing unit being adapted to generate at least one of:
• (i) derived data from at least a portion of said data indicative of physiological parameters and at least a portion of said data indicative of contextual parameters, and (ii) analytical status data from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, said data indicative of contextual parameters and said derived data;
• an electronic memory in electrical communication with said processing unit for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data;
• and
• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of physiological parameters, data indicative of contextual parameters, derived data and analytical status data.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing, said at least two sensors being selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said sensors generating data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter of the wearer;
• a processor, said processor generating derived data based on said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter;
• a memory for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data;
• and
• an electrochemical display for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a the left chest area of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing, said at least two sensors being selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said sensors generating data indicative of at least a first heart related parameter and a second heart related parameter of the wearer;
• a processor, said processor generating derived data based on at least a portion of said first and second parameters, said derived data comprising heart related derived data;
• a memory for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of at least a first heart related parameter and a second heart related parameter and said heart related derived data;
• and
• an electrochemical display for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of at least a first heart related parameter, said data indicative of at least a second heart related parameter, and said derived data.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing, said at least two sensors being selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said sensors generating data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter of the wearer;
• a processor, said processor generating derived data based on said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter;
• a memory for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data;
• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data;
• and
• a wireless communications device for at least one of receiving information from and transmitting information to a computing device, wherein said processor and said computing device adapted to engage in shared computing.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing, said at least two sensors being selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said sensors generating data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter of the wearer;
• a processor, said processor generating derived data based on said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter;
• a memory for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data;
• and
• a computing device in electronic communication with said processor for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data, said processor being adapted to cause said computing device to trigger an event upon detection of one or more physiological conditions of said individual.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing, said at least two sensors being selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said sensors generating data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter of the wearer;
• a processor, said processor generating derived data based on said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and adapted to cause a computing device to trigger an event upon detection of one or more physiological conditions of said wearer;
• a memory for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data;
• and
• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data.

An apparatus for detecting, monitoring and reporting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing having an adhesive material on at least a portion of an external surface thereof, said adhesive material enabling said housing to be removably attached to a portion of said body;
• at least two sensors supported by said housing, said at least two sensors being selected from the group consisting of:
• a sensor for measuring GSR including at least two electrical contacts, a skin temperature sensor, an ambient temperature sensor, an accelerometer, an ambient light sensor, an ambient sound sensor, an EMG sensor, an ECG sensor, a skin impedance sensor, a heat flux sensor, and a sensor for measuring heart related parameters, said sensors generating data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter of the wearer;
• a processor, said processor generating derived data based on said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter;
• a memory for retrievably storing at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data;
• and
• means for transmitting to an individual at least one of said data indicative of at least a first parameter and a second parameter and said derived data.

An apparatus for detecting from the body of a wearer parameters relating to the heart of the wearer, comprising:

• an acoustic-based non-ECG heart parameter sensor that generates a first signal including a first acoustic component generated from the motion of said heart and a second acoustic component generated from non-heart related motion of said body of said wearer, said first signal further including a third acoustic component generated from ambient noise;
• one or more filtering sensors for generating a second signal related to said non-heart related motion of said body, said second signal being used to subtract at least a portion of said second acoustic component from said first signal to generate a third signal, said third signal being used to generate said heart related parameters;
• and
• an ambient noise sensor that generates a fourth signal related to said ambient noise, said fourth signal being used to subtract at least a portion of said third acoustic component from said first signal to generate said third signal.

A method for detecting from the body of a wearer parameters relating to the heart of the wearer, comprising:

• generating a first acoustic signal including a first acoustic component generated from the motion of said heart and a second acoustic component generated from footfalls created by said body of said wearer;
• generating a second signal related to said footfalls;
• generating a third signal by using said second signal to subtract at least a portion said second acoustic component from said first signal;
• and
• generating said heart related parameters from said third signal.

A method for detecting from the body of a wearer parameters relating to the heart of the wearer, comprising:

• generating a first acoustic signal including a first acoustic component generated from the motion of said heart and a second acoustic component generated from non-heart related motion of said body of said wearer, said first acoustic signal further including a third acoustic component generated from ambient noise;
• generating a second signal related to said non-heart related motion of said body;
• generating a third signal by using said second signal to subtract at least a portion said second acoustic component from said first signal;
• generating said heart related parameters from said third signal;
• and
• generating a fourth signal related to said ambient noise, said step of generating said third signal further comprising using said fourth signal to subtract at least a portion of said third acoustic component from said first signal.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer which is mounted on said body in conjunction with a garment, comprising:

• a housing;
• a garment suitable to be worn on a portion of the body which restrains and supports said housing in a position proximate to the upper arm of said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
• and
• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
• said one or more sensors comprising a sensor for sensing one or more heart related parameters including at least one of pulse oximetry, heart-related sounds, and parameters relating to the mechanical action of the heart.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a self-contained housing suitable to be worn on the upper arm portion of said body;
• one or more sensors within said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
• and
• a processing unit within said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
• said one or more sensors comprising a sensor for sensing one or more heart related parameters including at least one of pulse oximetry, heart-related sounds, and parameters relating to the mechanical action of the heart.

A method for detecting from the body of a wearer parameters relating to the heart of the wearer, comprising:

• generating a first physiological acoustic signal including a first physiological acoustic component generated from the motion of said heart, a second acoustic component generated from non-heart related motion of said body, and a third acoustic component generated from ambient noise;
• generating a second signal related to said non-heart related motion of said body;
• generating a third signal related to said ambient noise;
• generating a fourth signal by (i) using said second signal to subtract at least a portion of said second acoustic component from said first signal, and (ii) using said third signal to subtract at least a portion of said third acoustic component from said first signal;
• generating said heart related parameters from said fourth signal.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing support section for engaging at least a portion of said body a housing removably attached to and supported by said housing support section;
• a strap attached to said housing support section for securing said housing support section to said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
• and
• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• housing support section for engaging at least a portion of said body, said housing being attached to said housing support section;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors;
• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors;
• and
• a wireless transceiver for receiving information from and transmitting information to a computing device, said computing device displaying information to an individual and enabling said individual to input information, said computing device and said processing unit being adapted to engage in shared computing.

An apparatus for detecting at least one of human physiological and contextual information from the body of a wearer, comprising:

• a housing suitable to be worn on said body;
• one or more sensors supported by said housing, said one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of physiological sensors and contextual sensors, said sensors generate data indicative of at least a detected parameter of the wearer;
• a processing unit supported by said housing in electronic communication with said one or more sensors and generating derived data comprising a derived parameter based on said detected parameter, being an individual status parameter that cannot be directly detected by one of said one or more sensors.;
• and
• a wireless transceiver for receiving information from and transmitting information to a computing device, said computing device displaying information to an individual and enabling said individual to input information, said computing device and said processing unit being adapted to engage in shared computing.