Equine wireless physiological monitoring system

• US 8,398,560 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2005
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andrew M Elser VMD PC
• Original Assignee: Elser, PC, Andrew H.
• Inventors: Elser, Andrew H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Natnithithadha, Navin
• Application Number:
  US11/273,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20060106289A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,682 Days
• Field of Search: 600529-543, 600544-547, 600/300, 600/301, 600/481, 600/483, 600/484, 600/508, 600/509, 600/549, 600/595
• US Class Current: 600/534
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 29/005 Monitoring or measuring activity, e.g. detecting heat or mating
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/40 Animals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0059 using light, e.g. diagnosis by transillumination, diascopy, fluorescence A61B5/0093, A61B5/1455, A61B5/02416 and A61B5/0261 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0245 by using sensing means generating electric signals, i.e. ECG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/03 Detecting, measuring or recording fluid pressure within the body other than blood pressure, e.g. cerebral pressure; Measuring pressure in body tissues or organs A61B5/205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0809 by impedance pneumography
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/082 Evaluation by breath analysis, e.g. determination of the chemical composition of exhaled breath A61B5/083, A61B5/091 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/087 Measuring breath flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/112 Gait analysis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14539 for measuring pH
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/25 Bioelectric electrodes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/369 Electroencephalography [EEG] devices for psychotechnics A61B5/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/389 Electromyography [EMG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/398 Electrooculography [EOG], e.g. detecting nystagmus; Electroretinography [ERG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 7/003 Detecting lung or respiration noise
• CPC Class Codes: A61D 99/00 : Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

An accelerometer senses equine respiratory structural vibrations. The accelerometer includes a sensing surface configured to be attached to one of hair, skin, bone, ligament, cartilage, and other tissue of a horse. The accelerometer is responsive to respiratory structural vibrations of the horse and outputs a signal corresponding to the respiratory structural vibrations.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring physiological data of an exercising horse comprising:

(a) mounting a sensing surface of an accelerometer directly to one of hair and skin of a horse, the accelerometer detecting respiratory structural vibration data;

(b) exercising the horse;

(c) converting the respiratory structural vibration data to a corresponding signal and wirelessly transmitting the corresponding signal;

(d) receiving the wirelessly transmitted corresponding signal at an audio generating device, the audio generating device emitting audible sound in generally real time based on the corresponding signal; and

(e) storing, at least temporarily in a memory mounted proximate to the horse, the detected respiratory structural vibration data, wherein at least one of the accelerometer and the memory is configured for wireless communication of the detected respiratory structural vibration data.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

(f) displaying, on one of a trend display and a computer, the respiratory structural vibration data.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

(f) playing back the respiratory structural vibration data stored in the memory as one of a graphical trend and an audible sound.