NON-INTRUSIVE WEARABLE RESPIRATORY FAILURE ALARM APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. A non-intrusive wearable respiratory failure alarm apparatus comprising:
- a chest girth measurement unit including one or more resistive electro-threads attached to or worn on a user'"'"'s chest, and generating a resistance value corresponding to the user'"'"'s chest girth through the resistive electro-threads;
a signal processing unit calculating a user'"'"'s respiratory rate and whether or not the user is in respiratory failure by referring to the resistance value; and
an output unit providing one or more of information regarding the user'"'"'s respiratory rate and information regarding whether or not the user is in respiratory failure to the user or a monitoring device.
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Abstract
A non-intrusive wearable respiratory failure alarm apparatus and method capable of detecting a user'"'"'s respiratory failure state by estimating a change in a user'"'"'s respiratory rate, while minimizing restrictions on a user'"'"'s behavior are provided. The non-intrusive wearable respiratory failure alarm apparatus includes: a chest girth measurement unit including one or more resistive electro-threads attached to or worn on a user'"'"'s chest, and generating a resistance value corresponding to the user'"'"'s chest girth through the resistive electro-threads; a signal processing unit calculating a user'"'"'s respiratory rate and whether or not the user is in respiratory failure by referring to the resistance value; and an output unit providing information regarding the user'"'"'s respiratory rate and/or information regarding whether or not the user is in respiratory failure to the user or a monitoring device.
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1. A non-intrusive wearable respiratory failure alarm apparatus comprising:
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a chest girth measurement unit including one or more resistive electro-threads attached to or worn on a user'"'"'s chest, and generating a resistance value corresponding to the user'"'"'s chest girth through the resistive electro-threads; a signal processing unit calculating a user'"'"'s respiratory rate and whether or not the user is in respiratory failure by referring to the resistance value; and an output unit providing one or more of information regarding the user'"'"'s respiratory rate and information regarding whether or not the user is in respiratory failure to the user or a monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A respiratory failure alarm method comprising:
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recognizing a variation of a user'"'"'s chest girth by using one or more resistive electro-threads attached to or worn on the user'"'"'s chest; recognizing a respiratory rate from the variation of the user'"'"'s chest girth; checking whether or not the user is in respiratory failure by monitoring the user'"'"'s respiratory rate; and informing the user or a monitoring device about one or more of the user'"'"'s respiratory rate and whether or not the user is in respiratory failure. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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