Breastfeeding quantity estimator
AssigneesDigisense Ltd., Expro3, LLC
InventorEyall Abir
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Abstract
A sensor for indirect estimation of breast milk intake by an infant, the sensor comprising: a housing configured to be externally attached to an incontinence product worn by a subject, said housing comprising: a light-emitting diode (LED) configured to illuminate the incontinence product; a photodetector configured to output an indication of the amount of light reflected from the incontinence product; and an integrated circuit configured to: (a) receive the indication from said photodetector, (b) compute, based on the indication, an amount of urine secreted by the subject into the incontinence product, and (c) estimate the amount of breast milk intake by the infant based on the amount of urine secreted by the subject into the incontinence product.
Claims14
A device, comprising:
- a housing configured to be externally attached to an incontinence product worn by a subject, wherein the housing comprises:
- (a) a first sensor comprising:
- (i) a first light-emitting diode (LED) configured to illuminate a portion of the incontinence product;
- (ii) a first photodetector configured to output an indication of an amount of light reflected from the portion of the incontinence product illuminated by the first LED;
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- (ii) a first integrated circuit, configured to receive the indication from the first photodetector, and compute, based on the indication from the first photodetector, an amount of urine in the incontinence product;
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- (b) a second sensor comprising:
- (i) a second light-emitting diode (LED) configured to illuminate a portion of the incontinence product;
- (ii) a second photodetector configured to output an indication of the amount of light reflected from the portion of the incontinence product illuminated by the second LED;
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- (iii) a second integrated circuit, configured to receive the indication from the second photodetector, and compute, based on the indication from the second photodetector, a hydration level of the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.