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Orthocare Innovations LLC

F. William Carr

Michael J Sciarra

Giovani M Ortega

Victor L Cestaro

A sensor (which could be detachable) to sense a condition (including pressure from body weight or moisture from incontinence; applied by adhering to skin of a human body or by putting a diaper on the human body, for example), a signal processing circuit, a periodic or continuous transmitter, and a power supply (typically including a battery) are associated with a flexible substrate in low profile enabling disposition adjacent the human body. A transmitter antenna is on the substrate. Insulator film between battery contacts and a switch-and-transistor combination are two power-on techniques. A bedside monitor, a transceiver configured to receive signals from and transmit signals to the bedside monitor, and a computer connected with the transceiver can be included. Other features include: notification signaling; differently responsive antennas; unique identification; low battery detection; anti-collision transmission; patient protocol scheduling; local data transfer from the bedside monitor; and out-of-range transmission detection.

Active on-patient sensor, method and system

A combined respiratory and heart rate sensor for a mammal has a flexible support with a surface adapted to be positioned over the skin of a mammal. A pair of inductive coil or capacitive plate elements, spaced apart by a foam spacer having openings therein, are attached to the support surface and are capable of independently sensing respiratory movement of the mammal in a direction perpendicular to the support surface and producing an output signal proportional thereto. The heart rate sensor includes an LED attached to the flexible support capable, and at least two light-detecting elements spaced apart from the LED, each capable of independently sensing light radiation reflected through the skin and capillaries from the light-emitting element and producing an output signal proportional thereto. A barrier layer attached to the support shield from the light-detecting elements light radiation that is not emitted from the LED.

Wireless respiratory and heart rate monitoring system

A pet tracking collar comprises a length of clear flexible tubing having a fastener adapted to fasten around the pet. Hermetically sealed within the tubing is an electrical ribbon cable extending through the length thereof. A plurality of light-emitting diodes, visible through the clear tubing, are wirelessly connected at spaced intervals to the cable. The tracking collar also includes an antenna within the electrical ribbon cable, and a radio transmitter secured to the cable adapted to transmit a radio frequency signal. The cable is secured within the flexible tubing such that strain along the length of the tubing is not transmitted to the cable therein. The collar's battery compartment has sufficient clearance between the battery and walls of the battery compartment to shed water after the collar is wetted. A radio frequency signal receiver determines direction or distance of the collar with respect to the receiver.

Pet tracking collar

Apparatus for the continuous non-invasive monitoring of blood is disclosed which includes an inflatable cuff, transducers for detecting blood volume changes in the blood by detecting changes in pressure in the cuff, and a central processing unit which converts the detected blood volume changes to a measurement of blood pressure and a CRT display for displaying the pressures in a readable format.

Non-invasive continuous blood pressure monitoring system

A respiration transducer apparatus for monitoring respiratory movement in patients is disclosed which includes a transducer for detecting respiratory movement in the patient's body. The transducer includes a first inductor adapted to be positioned adjacent a portion of the patient's body and a second inductor adapted to be positioned adjacent the same portion of the body. The transducers are disposed in a substantially fixed geometric relation as an integrally fixed coil with the first and second inductors inductively reacting with each other and a forming a continuous transducing area.

Patient monitoring apparatus and method

A board game in which the board has a playing surface formed into squares arranged into rows and columns, the end portions of which define the territory of the two players. Each territory has a plurality of consecutively numbered squares, arranged in a triangle, which constitute the array by which similarly-numbered playing pieces must be arranged in order to win the game. Each player's playing pieces are arranged in a starting array in his territory, and he must move his pieces toward the other player's territory and arrange his pieces in the opposing player's triangular array of numbered squares, with like-numbered pieces being positioned in like-numbered squares. Diagonal moves are not allowed, but sideways, rearward, and forward moves are allowed, as well as jumping of opposing pieces as long as an empty square is directly next to the opposing piece in the direction of the jump.

Method for playing a triangular pyramid board game

A prosthetic vision system is provided with a lens implanted in an ocular socket to focus light onto a coherent fiberoptic bundle. The fiberoptic bundle conveys the received light to photovoltaic semiconductors mounted in a gate array. The gate array is mounted in the region of the calcarine fissure in the user's cortex. The photovoltaic semiconductors stimulate the optic tract or visual cortex much in the manner done in a person having sight.

Prosthetic vision system

An in-canal hearing aid is inserted and worn within the auditory canal of a hard-of-hearing wearer. This hearing aid has a generally-cylindrical body with a resilient stretchable outer layer and an adjustably expandable member therewithin for changing the diameter of the generally cylindrical body without significantly changing the length thereof. Hearing aid amplifying circuitry are contained within the generally cylindrical body. The body is hingedly flexible and a flex circuit connector is used to support the amplifying circuitry. These features permit rounding the curve of the auditory canal when the hearing aid is inserted. The body of the hearing aid can be selectively expanded for a snug, comfortable fit. A touch control permits the wearer to adjust the volume by touching a single control stem extending from the external end of the hearing aid.

In-canal hearing aid

Provision is made to monitor for vital signs, such as respiratory activity and cardiac activity. The monitoring equipment is mounted by a belt to a person being monitored. Multiple Inductance coils carried by the belt move relative to each other in response to breathing, and the associated mutual inductance changes provide sensory signals to reflect the breathing. Electrical signals indicative of such vital signs are transmitted by radio wave to a central monitor which can monitor the activity of numerous persons. A plurality of such patient units including vital signs sensors and transmitters in combination with a single central monitor may be used to monitor multiple patients. The present invention is useful in monitoring to attempt to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, or crib death, and in intensive care units or cardiac units of hospitals and the like.

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Fairfield, CT, United States of America

Michael J Sciarra