Health monitoring
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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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A method for monitoring vital signs of a human or animal subject includes clothing the subject in an elastically deformable shirt or undershirt, removably attaching a carrier carrying a sensor to the shirt or undershirt, adjacent the thoracic and abdominal regions of the subject, sensing elastic deformations of the shirt or undershirt corresponding to one or more of the group of vital signs including respiration, heart function, heart rhythm, generating electrical signals representative of the deformations, and transmitting the signals to a remote receiver for processing.
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1. A method for monitoring vital signs of a human or animal subject, comprising;
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for monitoring vital signs from the thoracic and/or abdominal regions of a human or animal subject, comprising:
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a) a shirt or undershirt being elastically deformable for fitting the thoracic and abdominal regions of the subject closely; b) a carrier carrying a sensor, said carrier being removably attachable to said shirt or undershirt, the sensor being constructed to sense elastic deformations of the shirt or undershirt being caused by one or more of the group of vital signs of the subject comprising respiration, heart functions, heart rhythm and associated sounds, the sensor providing electrical signals in operation corresponding to the vital signs; c) a transmitter being carried by said carrier for transmitting the signals to a receiver remote from said shirt or undershirt by electromagnetic wave transmission; and d) a receiver for receiving the signals from said transmitter, said receiver being situated remote from said shirt or undershirt. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 22. A device for monitoring vital signs from a human or animal subject comprising an elastically deformable shirt or undershirt, comprising a carrier in the form of a patch which does not encircle the subject and which is removably attached to said shirt or undershirt, the carrier carrying a sensor and a transmitter means, the sensor being constructed to sense elastic deformations of the shirt or undershirt in a plurality of directions, corresponding to the vital signs of the given subject in operation and to generate corresponding signals for transmission by the transmitter means.
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