Sleep posture monitor and alarm system
March 26, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMercury switch arrangement for digital watch Shirt-pocket medical alert device Position sensitive mercury switch Apparatus for detecting unauthorized egress by patient from position of confinement Biofeedback system Sleep posture monitor and alarm system Electronic sleep monitor headgear Motion and position sensing alarm Tag for use with personnel monitoring system Programmable movement analyzer with a plurality of mercury switches InventorApplicationNo. 498616 filed on 03/26/1990US Classes:340/573.7, Posture alarm33/366.12, Plural nonparallel axes or plural orientation sensors33/366.14, With pulse or digital processing circuit component33/366.21, Having resistive or contact circuit control element200/61.47, Conducting fluid type340/529, Condition persistence340/687, Connected or disconnected340/689, Tilt702/150Orientation or positionExaminersPrimary: Swann, III, Glen R.Assistant: Mullen, Thomas J. Jr. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG08B 023/00G01C 009/06 H01H 035/02 AbstractA sleep posture monitor and alarm system detects one or more of four possible sleep positions and sounds an alarm when an individual wearing the apparatus assumes one or more of the detected positions. In addition, interface units for providing a monitoring output of the device to a polysomnograph are included as well as circuitry to record the commutative total time spent by the individual when in the selected positions. | |
