Method of determining the dynamic location of a protection

• US 8,260,578 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2008
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Kirkbride, Tana Marie, Osborn, Thomas Ward III, Crutcher, Reginald Edward II, O'Reilly, Marie Brigid
• Primary Examiner(s): Teixeira Moffat, Jonathan C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hwang, Timothy H
• Application Number:
  US12/123,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20090284592A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,569 Days
• Field of Search: 702/150, 348/94
• US Class Current: 702/187
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/84 Accessories, not otherwise provided for, for absorbent pads

Abstract

The method uses a location device and a timing element to determine the location of a protection device at various periods of time. During these periods of time, the human may be participating in a variety of activities and positions.

Claims

1. A method of obtaining dynamic data related to a protection device worn by a human being during one or more body movements comprising:

Positioning the protection device within a vagina of the human being, wherein the protection device is selected from the group consisting of an absorbent article and a vaginal device;

Receiving at a computing device a device location indication of a first location device associated with the protection device during the one or more body movements at a device time mark;

Storing the device location indication and the device time mark in a memory in communication with the computing device;

Receiving at a computing device a body location indication of a second location device located at a position on the human being at a body time mark;

Storing the body location indication and the second time mark in a memory in communication with the computing device;

interpreting the device location indication and body location indication along with measurement data about the human being to determine an interpreted location of the protection device within the vagina;

correlating the device location indication and the body location indication to determine an occurrence when the protection device moves or fails;

Creating a report that illustrates the received device location indication at the device time mark and the received body location indication at the body time mark in the memory in communication with the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the device time mark and the body time mark are substantially the same.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

Receiving an additional device location indication of the first location device during the one or more body movements at an additional device time mark;

Storing the additional device location indication and additional device time mark in the memory in communication with the computing device;

Receiving an additional body location indication of the second location device during the one or more body movements at an additional body time mark; and

Storing the additional body location indication and additional body time mark in the memory in communication with the computing device.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising creating a report comprising an illustration of the movement of the device location indication from the device time mark to the additional device location at the additional device time mark and the movement of the body location indication from the body time mark to the additional body location at the additional body time mark.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more body movements are gross body movements.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first location device and the second location device are electromagnetic devices.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the body location device is associated with a coccyx, a pubis, a cervix, a perineum, and/or an ilius of the pelvis of a human being.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication of the location of the protection device when the human being is in a position selected from a group of positions comprising:

Sitting position;

Squatting position;

Stretching position;

Crawling position;

Lifting position;

Standing position;

Yoga positions; and

Horizontal position.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication of the location of the protection device when the human being is performing an action selected from a group of actions comprising:

Coughing, sneezing, running, lifting, defecating, urinating, walking, laughing, jumping, squatting, jogging, running, sprinting, swimming, performing yoga and playing a sport.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication of the location of the protection device when the human being is transitioning from a first position to a second position where the first position and second position are selected from a group comprising:

Sitting position;

Squatting position;

Stretching position;

Crawling position;

Standing position;

Lifting position;

Yoga positions; and

Horizontal position.