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Health monitoring

  • US 5,749,365 A
  • Filed: 05/05/1994
  • Issued: 05/12/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for monitoring vital signs of a human or animal subject, comprising;

  • a) clothing the subject in a shirt or undershirt,b) removably attaching a carrier carrying a sensor to the shirt or undershirt adjacent the thoracic and abdominal regions of the subject;

    c) sensing elastic deformations of the shirt or undershirt corresponding to one or more of the group of vital signs comprising respiration, heart function, heart rhythm and associated sounds;

    d) generating electrical signals representative of the elastic deformations; and

    e) transmitting the signals from a transmitter to a receiver remote from the shirt or undershirt.

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