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BIOMETRIC, PHYSIOLOGICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING USING A CLOSED CHAMBER

  • US 20160324478A1
  • Filed: 05/09/2016
  • Published: 11/10/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A monitoring device configured for placement in or insertion into a conduit of a subject, comprising:

  • a housing;

    at least one physiological sensor coupled to the housing;

    a transmitter coupled to the housing;

    an expandable element, inflatable element, stretched membrane or balloon coupled to the housing and configured to occlude at least a portion of the conduit;

    a power source attached to the housing; and

    a processor coupled to the housing and operatively coupled to memory containing computer instruction, the computer instructions when executed by the processor causing the monitoring device to perform the operations comprising;

    obtaining physiological information from a subject via the at least one physiological sensor, wherein the physiological information comprises one or more of the following;

    pulse rate information, body temperature information, breathing rate information, blood pressure information, cardiac output information, and blood gas level information; and

    processing and analyzing the physiological information to provide a result.

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