Personal emergency condition detection and safety systems and methods

• US 20080266118A1
• Filed: 03/07/2008
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ned A. Seibert, Nicholas J. Pierson
• Original Assignee: Ned A. Seibert, Nicholas J. Pierson
• Inventors: Seibert, Ned A., Pierson, Nicholas J.
• Application Number:
  US12/075,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20080266118A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.6
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6825 Hand
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6838 Clamps or clips
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/088 by monitoring a device worn by the person, e.g. a bracelet attached to the swimmer
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/002 Distress signalling devices, e.g. rescue balloons vehicle optical signalling for indicating emergencies B60Q1/52

Abstract

A drowning or asphyxiation prevention system and methods are set forth, for facilitating drowning prevention of swimmers in bodies of water, such as pools, lakes or the like. The drowning prevention safety system comprises a wearable article worn by a swimmer, an alarm indicator for transmitting an alarm condition. The system may further include an alarm receiving system for receiving the alarm signal from the alarm transmitting device. The invention also relates to a heart rate monitoring system comprising a patch type portion to be adhesively applied to the skin of a user to monitor the electrical activity of the heart and generate heart rate information that is communicated to a separate wearable device, such as a wrist worn device.

Claims

1. A drowning prevention system comprising,

a wearable article having at least one sensing system for at least one physiological function of a persons body and/or environmental information or condition around or related to the persons body, and a processing system to identify predetermined variances in the monitored at least one physiological function and/or environmental information or condition related to an emergency condition and possible drowning, and an alarm indicator for issuing an alarm if an emergency condition is detected.

2. A drowning prevention system according to claim 1, further comprising,

an alarm receiving system associated with the body of water in which the person is swimming.

3. A drowning prevention system according to claim 2, further comprising,

the alarm receiving system having an alarm indicating system for issuing a further alarm upon receipt of an alarm from a wearable article.

4. A drowning prevention system according to claim 1, wherein,

the at least one sensing system for at least one physiological function of a persons body and/or environmental information or condition are selected from one or more of the group consisting of pulse or heart rate, peripheral vasoconstriction, blood pressure, blood oxygen, CO2 blood level, body or environment temperature, body sounds or combinations thereof.

5. A drowning prevention system according to claim 1, wherein,

the at least one alarm indicator is selected from one or more of the group consisting of audible alarm, visual alarm, ultrasonic alarm, wireless signal alarm or combinations thereof.

6. A drowning prevention system according to claim 2, wherein,

the alarm receiving system being selected from one or more of the group consisting of an array of hydrophones, an array of microphones, an array of ultrasonic receivers, a visual alarm receiving system, a wireless signal receiving system or combinations thereof.

7. A drowning prevention system according to claim 2, wherein,

the alarm receiving system comprises a plurality of alarm receivers disposed in and/or around a body of water.

8. A drowning prevention system according to claim 1, further comprising,

a position detection system associated with the wearable article.

9. A drowning prevention system according to claim 1, further comprising,

a sound monitoring system associated with the wearable article.

10. A drowning prevention system according to claim 1, further comprising,

a user actuable panic switch associated with the wearable article.

11. A drowning prevention system according to claim 1, further comprising,

a user actuable reset switch associated with the wearable article.

12. A drowning prevention system according to claim 1, further comprising,

a user actuable panic switch associated with the wearable article.

13. An asphyxiation prevention system comprising,

a wearable article having at least one sensing system for at least one physiological function of a persons body and/or environmental information or condition around or related to the persons body, and a processing system to identify predetermined variances in the monitored at least one physiological function and/or environmental information or condition related to an emergency condition and possible asphyxiation, and an alarm indicator for issuing an alarm if an emergency condition is detected.

14. A heart rate monitoring system comprising,

a wearable article having at least one sensing system for sensing the electrical activity of the heart of the wearer, with the wearable article including an adhesive portion to allow it to be adhered to a users skin, and a processing system to at least monitor the users heart rate and communicate at least the heart rate information to a separate wearable article.