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SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF PLAYERS ENGAGED IN A SPORTING ACTIVITY

  • US 20150173676A1
  • Filed: 08/04/2014
  • Published: 06/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for monitoring impact-related acceleration of a body part of a player engaged in a contact sport, the player wearing a piece of protective sports equipment adjacent the body part that receives and attenuates impacts while the player is engaged in the contact sport, the system comprising:

  • a reporting unit positioned within a piece of protective sports equipment worn against a body part of an individual player while engaged in the contact sport, the reporting unit having;

    a plurality of sensing devices arranged to measure a direction and a magnitude of acceleration of the player'"'"'s body part resulting from impacts applied to the protective sports equipment and to generate body part acceleration data for each of said impacts, anda control unit configured to process said body part acceleration data and to calculate for each of said impacts;

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    a body part acceleration result;

    a direction of the impact;

    a location of the impact; and

    a duration of the impact; and

    a signaling device that provides an alert when said calculated body part acceleration result exceeds a predetermined value.

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