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Ambulatory body position monitor

  • US 6,095,991 A
  • Filed: 07/23/1998
  • Issued: 08/01/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ambulatory body position monitor that is located at a measurement site on a user whose position is to be monitored, comprising:

  • a three-dimensional-position monitoring, mercury sensor,a programmable control unit that receives as input the output from the sensor and has the capability to sufficiently interpret said input so as to determine the position and extent of motion with respect to gravity of the measurement site at which said sensor is located on its user'"'"'s body,a storage device, operable by said control unit, that stores time-stamped, data regarding the user'"'"'s body position,an interface device, operable by said control unit, that has the capability of transferring said stored data to an external computer,a display unit, operable by said control unit, that visually communicates information regarding the user'"'"'s body position,wherein, for monitoring subjects with sleepwalking and other sleep disorders and for which it is necessary to distinguish between the user'"'"'s positions of sitting, walking or standing, a first monitor is situated on the user'"'"'s chest and a second monitor is situated at a location chosen from among the group consisting of locations on the thigh and the ankle.

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