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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Avi Menkes, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Michael Bukchin, Haifa, IL;
Avi Menkes, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Michael Bukchin, Haifa, IL;
PETPACE LTD., Ramat-Hasharon, IL;
Abstract
An acoustically enhanced collar for monitoring vital signs of a pet animal, may comprise an elastic band having a working surface configured to wrap around a neck of a pet animal and an oppositely faced rear surface, at least one sensor element situated along a circumference of the band and configured to measure at least one bioparameter from the following bioparameters: temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, movement; at least one acoustic concentrator projecting as a bump toward the neck from the working surface on a first side of the at least one sensor element; at least one acoustic concentrator projecting as a bump toward the portion from the working surface on a second side of the at least one sensor element and acoustic balancers projecting from the rear surface at least partly behind the acoustic concentrators. Preferably, the acoustic concentrators and balancers have a base end having an 'X' shape.