Garment Integrating a System for Collecting Physiological Data

• US 20150230752A1
• Filed: 10/07/2013
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Laurent Fort
• Original Assignee: Laurent Fort
• Inventors: Fort, Laurent
• Granted Patent: US 9,724,040 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0015 Sports garments other than provided for in groups A41D13/0007 - A41D13/088
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1281 with incorporated means for medical monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0412 Low-profile patch shaped housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• 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 5/02405 Determining heart rate variability
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6804 Garments; Clothes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6805 Vests
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/00 Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00 starting appliances A63K3/02

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for collecting physiological data comprising a data collection device comprising at least one sensor module so configured as to capture physiological measurements, and a monitoring system so configured as to retrieve and transmit the physiological measurements; the data collection device comprising a garment wherein the sensor module and the monitoring system are integrated, with the monitoring system comprising at least two housings connected together mechanically in a flexible manner so as to conform to the shape of a part of the body whereon the monitoring system is able to be positioned; at least one flexible connecting member for mechanically connecting the at least two housings; a data acquisition and wireless communication module positioned in one of the two housings; a motion detection module installed in one of the two housings.

Claims

1. A system for collecting physiological data comprising a data collection device comprising at least one sensor module so configured as to capture physiological measurements, and a monitoring system so configured as to retrieve and transmit the physiological measurements, wherein:

the data collection device comprises a garment wherein the sensor module and the monitoring system are integrated,

the monitoring system comprises;

at least two housings connected together mechanically in a flexible manner so as to conform to the shape of a part of the body whereon the monitoring system is able to be positioned;

at least one flexible connecting member for mechanically connecting the at least two housings;

a data acquisition and wireless communication module installed in one of the two housings;

a motion detection module installed in one of two housings, electrically connected to the data acquisition and wireless communication module and so configured as to capture motion data, the data acquisition and wireless communication module being so configured as to retrieve and send the physiological measurements and the motion data to a remote receiver.

2. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connecting member is deformable in bend in one direction and rigid in the other directions.

3. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connecting member is in the form of a strap.

4. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connecting member is made of a polymeric material.

5. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 4, wherein the at least one connecting member is so configured as to electrically connect the at least two housings.

6. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 1, wherein the data acquisition and wireless communication module is installed in a first housing, the motion detection module is installed in a second housing;

the monitoring system comprises;

a power source module installed in a third housing and electrically connected to the data acquisition and wireless communication module and to the motion detection module respectively,

a first connecting member so configured as to mechanically connect the first and third housings, and

a second connecting member so configured as to mechanically connect the second and third housings.

7. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 1, wherein at least one housing comprises a coating made of elastomeric material.

8. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 1, wherein at least one housing of the monitoring system comprises at least one snap button connected to the sensor module via at least one wire of a wired electrical connection system, and so configured as to fasten the at least one housing to the garment.

9. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 8, wherein the at least one wire of the wired electrical connection system is inserted into a wire passage between the back and the front of the garment.

10. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring system is integrated at a collar part of the garment.

11. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 1, wherein the sensor module comprises at least one textile electrode and/or one textile membrane so configured as to capture the physiological measurements such as cardiac data and a respiration rate.

12. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 1, wherein the data acquisition and wireless communication module is a radio module.

13. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 1, which comprises a communication system comprising a plurality of transmission relays so configured as to route the physiological measurements and the motion data, and a server so configured as to receive from the plurality of transmission relays and to store the physiological measurements and the motion data.

14. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of transmission relays is installed so as to surround a zone of displacement.

15. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 13, wherein the position of the monitoring system is detected by triangulation from three of said transmission relays.

16. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 13, wherein a communication between the plurality of transmission relays and the data acquisition and wireless communication module complies with a radio communication protocol, the frequency of which is below 928 MHz, and the power of which is below 10 dBm.

17. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of transmission relays and the server communicate through a communication network comprising at least a portion of wireless communication from the plurality of transmission relays, the frequency and the power of the portion of wireless communication are above those allowed by the radio communication protocol.

18. The system for collecting physiological data according to claim 11, wherein the communication system comprises an access point so configured as to transmit to the server the physiological measurements and the motion data sent from the plurality of transmission relays, with the access point being either connected to the server by an Internet connection or installed in a device comprising the server.