Flashing earring heartbeat monitor
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1. A flashing earring comprising:
- A) an attachment mechanism for attaching said earring to an earlobe of a wearer, B) an infrared emitter positioned to emit infrared light into the tissue of the earlobe, C) a first power source for causing said infrared emitter to emit infrared, D) an infrared photo-detector positioned so as to detect infrared light emanating from the earlobe and to produce electrical signals corresponding to the detected infrared light, E) an analyzing circuit for analyzing the electrical signals from said photo-detector to detect each beat of the wearer'"'"'s heart, F) a visible light emitter, G) a trigger circuit for initiating electrical pulses to cause said visible light emitter to flash once for each beat signal;
wherein said visible light emitter emits a flash of visible light each time the wearer'"'"'s heart beats.
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Abstract
An earring that flashes in synchronism with the wearer'"'"'s heartbeat. A pulsed IR LED/photocell combination is built into an earring along with a comparator and a visible light-emitting source. The comparator determines when the heart has beat from the variation in the signal from the photocell and transmits a signal to a solid state switch to turn on the visible light-emitting source. Thus, the light emitting source flashes once for each heart beat. In a preferred use of the present invention a lover is able to determine when his or her partner is excited by observing the rate at which the partner'"'"'s earring flashes. The invention may also be used for medical monitoring of patients.
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1. A flashing earring comprising:
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A) an attachment mechanism for attaching said earring to an earlobe of a wearer, B) an infrared emitter positioned to emit infrared light into the tissue of the earlobe, C) a first power source for causing said infrared emitter to emit infrared, D) an infrared photo-detector positioned so as to detect infrared light emanating from the earlobe and to produce electrical signals corresponding to the detected infrared light, E) an analyzing circuit for analyzing the electrical signals from said photo-detector to detect each beat of the wearer'"'"'s heart, F) a visible light emitter, G) a trigger circuit for initiating electrical pulses to cause said visible light emitter to flash once for each beat signal;
wherein said visible light emitter emits a flash of visible light each time the wearer'"'"'s heart beats. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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