Wearable disease prevention device

• US 10,201,202 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2017
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: No Touch LLC
• Original Assignee: No Touch LLC
• Inventors: Greenly, Boone Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Zhen Y
• Application Number:
  US15/653,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20180027908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 3405731
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 31/04 characterised by special function or use protective clothing affording protection against heat or harmful chemical agents or for use at high altitudes A62B17/00; composition of materials for coverings or clothing affording protection against harmful chemical agents A62D5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4833 Assessment of subject's compliance to treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6805 Vests
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6823 Trunk, e.g., chest, back, abdomen, hip
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6844 Monitoring or controlling distance between sensor and tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 7/0294 Detection, inspection, magnetic treatment
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 7/20 without armatures cores H01F3/00; coils H01F5/00 ; shaping metal by applying magnetic forces B21D26/14; electromagnets specially adapted for NMR applications G01R33/381

Abstract

A wearable device for preventing the spread of disease by detecting when a wearer'"'"'s hand comes into close proximity of the wearer'"'"'s face. The device can preferably issue an immediate warning to the wearer to prevent contact between the wearer'"'"'s hand and face and to change a wearer'"'"'s face-touching habit in order to prevent future occurrences. More specifically, the device can be comprised of a housing, a backer, magnets to attach the backer to the housing, a signal emitter, a plurality of sensors, a micro USB charge port, and a power button.

Claims

1. A wearable disease prevention device comprising:

a housing;

a backer structured and configured to attach to the housing;

a plurality of signal emitters;

a plurality of sensors enabled to detect when a wearer'"'"'s hand is near a wearer'"'"'s face; and

at least one reflective wristband configured to reflect a signal from at least one of the plurality of signal emitters back to at least one of the plurality of sensors;

wherein;

a first of the plurality of sensors is enabled to detect when the wearer'"'"'s left hand is near the wearer'"'"'s face, and

a second of the plurality of sensors is enabled to detect when the wearer'"'"'s right hand is near the wearer'"'"'s face.

2. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 1, wherein:

the housing is comprised of a flexible board;

a front of the housing is relatively flat;

a back of the housing is relatively flat; and

a top edge and a bottom edge of the housing have a longer length than a left edge and a right edge.

3. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 2, wherein:

a front of the backer is relatively flat;

a back of the backer is relatively flat; and

a top edge and a bottom edge of the backer have a longer length than a left edge and a right edge.

4. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 3, wherein the left edge and the right edge of the backer are rounded.

5. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 3, wherein the left edge and the right edge of the backer can each be attached to one of the plurality of magnets.

6. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 1, wherein the housing houses the plurality of signal emitters, the plurality of sensors, and the power button.

7. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 6, wherein:

the housing houses the plurality of signal emitters near a center of the housing,

a first of the plurality of sensors near a left edge of the housing, and

a second of the plurality of sensors near a right edge of the housing.

8. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 6, wherein the housing provides instant feedback to the wearer when the wearer'"'"'s hand is near the wearer'"'"'s face.

9. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 8, wherein the instant feedback is in the form of a physical alert, an auditory alert, a visual alert, or combinations thereof.

10. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of magnets, wherein:

the housing is elongated; and

the plurality of magnets are structured and configured to attach the backer to the housing.

11. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 1, further comprising a micro USB charge port and a power button.

12. A method for preventing the spread of disease, the method comprising:

detecting a potential face-touching event when a wearer'"'"'s hand comes into proximity of the wearer'"'"'s face;

alerting the wearer instantly of the potential face-touching event via an alert module;

communicating the potential face-touching event to a mobile device;

tracking date and time data related to the potential face-touching event; and

reporting date and time data related to the potential face-touching event

wherein;

a wearable device located on the wearer'"'"'s chest is comprised of a housing, a signal emitter, and a plurality of sensors;

the signal emitter emits a light wave that reflects off of the wearer'"'"'s forearm;

the reflected light wave is detected by the sensor; and

the sensor transmits confirmed detection to the alert module.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the alert module is selected from the group consisting of a physical alert, an auditory alert, a visual alert, and combinations thereof.

14. A wearable disease prevention device comprising:

a cradle having a solid backing, a top wall, a bottom wall, an open front face, and a clip attached to the solid backing;

an emitter/detector that fits in the cradle and is comprised of;

an infrared emitter that emits an infrared signal;

an infrared detector enabled to detect when a wearer'"'"'s hand is near the wearer'"'"'s face;

a USB charge port for charging a rechargeable battery;

a power switch to turn the device on and off; and

an aperture enabled to attach directly to a shirt button;

a Bluetooth transmitter that can pair with, and transmit to, a mobile application on a mobile device; and

one or more rings;

wherein the mobile application is configured to;

receive a potential face-touching event notice from the Bluetooth transmitter;

track date and time data related to the potential face-touching event; and

report date and time data related to the potential face-touching event.

15. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 14, wherein the cradle and the emitter/detector have a tear drop shape.

16. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 14, further comprising:

an infrared controller chip to encode and decode a unique infrared signal, wherein the infrared emitter emits the unique infrared signal and the infrared detector detects the unique infrared signal;

an adjustable control to reduce detection sensitivity and distance; and

a smartcharge circuit.

17. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 16, wherein the infrared detector is enabled to alert a user of the detected unique infrared signal.

18. The wearable disease prevention device of claim 17, wherein:

the Bluetooth transmitter transmits a data package to the mobile application that includes data related to the detected signal; and

the mobile application timestamps and analyzes the data package.