System for Monitoring a Person Wearing Head Gear
First Claim
1. A cranial orthosis for preventing acquired plagiocephaly in infants having a soft developing head area to be protected, comprising:
- a molded appliance having an interior surface that is conformed in shape to the surface curvature of a human infant cranium and operable to accommodate infant head growth;
two or more layers of soft, flexible material releasably disposed in overlapping nested relation and lining the conformed interior surface of the appliance thereby defining a protective pocket for receiving an infant'"'"'s head, the protective pocket being sized to provide a close, non-compressive fit about the developing head area to be protected such that when an infant'"'"'s head is received in the protective pocket and the infant is resting on a sleep surface in a supine position, the infant'"'"'s head weight forces are spread substantially uniformly across the conformed interior surface facing the developing head area, whereby the lining layers can be removed one at a time to accommodate head growth; and
a sensor for detecting a condition of the infant, the sensor being coupled to the molded appliance for support.
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Abstract
A cranial orthosis includes a sensor to monitor one or more conditions of an infant wearing the cranial orthosis. The cranial orthosis is preferably contoured to match the curvature of the fronto-temporal, parietal and occipital areas of an infant'"'"'s cranial vault to provide protection against the acquisition of postural cranial deformities as a result of the infant'"'"'s sleeping in the supine position. The orthosis is designed to be of universal fit, as determined by the infant'"'"'s fronto-occipital head circumference (FOC) measurement. The interior dimensions of the orthosis can be enlarged to accommodate growth of the infant'"'"'s head without requiring replacement. The sensor may detect oxygen saturation, pulse, temperature, or any other measureable condition or combination of conditions. The system includes an alarm that is triggered when a sensed condition crosses a selected threshold level.
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20 Claims
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1. A cranial orthosis for preventing acquired plagiocephaly in infants having a soft developing head area to be protected, comprising:
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a molded appliance having an interior surface that is conformed in shape to the surface curvature of a human infant cranium and operable to accommodate infant head growth; two or more layers of soft, flexible material releasably disposed in overlapping nested relation and lining the conformed interior surface of the appliance thereby defining a protective pocket for receiving an infant'"'"'s head, the protective pocket being sized to provide a close, non-compressive fit about the developing head area to be protected such that when an infant'"'"'s head is received in the protective pocket and the infant is resting on a sleep surface in a supine position, the infant'"'"'s head weight forces are spread substantially uniformly across the conformed interior surface facing the developing head area, whereby the lining layers can be removed one at a time to accommodate head growth; and a sensor for detecting a condition of the infant, the sensor being coupled to the molded appliance for support. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for detecting one or more conditions of a person, the comprising:
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a preventative-condition headgear apparatus; a sensor for detecting a condition of a wearer of the headgear apparatus, the sensor being attached to the headgear apparatus, wherein the sensor includes a battery, a printed circuit board, a wireless transmitter, and a wire connector; and a first base receiver comprising circuitry for receiving signals from the sensor, wherein the first base receiver comprises an alarm device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method of detecting one or more conditions of a person wearing a head gear apparatus:
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sensing a condition of the person wearing the head gear apparatus, while the person is in a non-hospital environment, using a sensor that is physically coupled to the hear gear; transmitting a signal from the sensor to a first base receiver; and emitting an alarm if the signal indicates the one or more conditions of the person have crossed one or more selected threshold levels.
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