Wearable physiological monitoring systems and methods

Abstract

A physiological monitoring system can use physiological wearable monitors to collect and / or detect various parameters, such as cough, wheeze, heart rate, skin temperature, activity, respiration rate,skin impedance, electro-cardiogram data, blood pressure, galvanic skin response, and the like. One or more of these parameters, or other such parameters, may be used in methods in the fields of lung cancer, physiotherapy, monitoring disabled or challenged individuals, monitoring end of life conditions, monitoring breathing gas usage, monitoring patients and individual wellness, data acquisition, athletic sports monitoring, athletic sports entertainment, virtual reality feedback, telemedicine, hospital aid, illness detection and its severity, and public service, as examples. Such methods can use data from one or more wearable devices with the appropriate data processing to present the user or healthcare provider with the appropriate analysis.

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technical field [0001] Embodiments of the invention generally relate to respiratory and physiological monitoring systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to respiratory and physiological monitoring systems and wearable devices that can be used in methods in various fields such as medicine, sports, public safety, health, entertainment, data acquisition, and the like. Background technique [0002] The following background information may present examples of specific aspects of the prior art (e.g., without limitation, methodology, fact, or common knowledge), which, while hopefully useful in further educating the reader about other aspects of the prior art, should not be construed as The invention or any embodiment thereof is limited to anything stated or implied or inferred therein. [0003] Physiological sensors have long been known and are widely used in certain medical and health-related applications. Various physiological sensors embedded in textiles or c...

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Problems solved by technology

Current disadvantages include: wearable devices that lack the ability to detect, data record, and analyze acoustic physiological signals, wearable devices that must be embodied in a vest or some other system that is larger than the intended wearable device, have the ability to separate from the wearable device Wearable devices that house another component or device that is wired or wirelessly connected, and that attempt to detect signals that infer the presence of a physiological acoustic signal

[0008] Although wearable devices have been used for basic measurements, measurements taken from one are often analyzed in a vacuum without regard to other parameters that may be sensed or detected

This limits the usability of physiological wearables

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