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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021

Filed:

May. 20, 2019
Applicants:

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert H. Grubbs, South Pasadena, CA (US);

Hyuck Choo, Yongin-si, KR;

Frank L. Brodie, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G01C 19/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/0446 (2013.01); A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); G01C 19/065 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); A61F 2009/0035 (2013.01);
Abstract

A position sensing system comprises a position sensor having an accelerometer and a gyroscope, an alarm, and a controller configured to receive data from the position sensor and activate the alarm according to alarm management instructions stored in a memory. In some embodiments, the alarm instructions include a snooze option to allow the user/patient to temporarily deactivate the alarm. The controller is communicably linked to a remote display device configured to display the orientation of the user's body part.


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