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Infant monitor

  • US 8,461,996 B2
  • Filed: 02/08/2008
  • Issued: 06/11/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for monitoring regular breathing movement of the body of an infant, said device comprising:

  • an electronic circuitry including at least one alarm; and

    an attachment means for releasably attaching the device to the infant body in the anterior abdominal region;

    characterised in that said device includes a resiliently flexible protuberance extending from the device; and

    a transducer connected to the electronic circuitry and extended inside said protuberance to detect deflection of the protuberance;

    said attachment means and protuberance being configured such that the protuberance abuts the body of the infant in the anterior abdominal region when the device is attached to the infant body in the anterior abdominal region and said electronic circuitry being configured to activate the alarm in an event that a pattern of the detected deflection of the protuberance changes to a predetermined extent.

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