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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:
May. 10, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2018
Applicant:

Valencell, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);

Inventors:

Steven Francis LeBoeuf, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jesse Berkley Tucker, Youngsville, NC (US);

Michael Edward Aumer, Raleigh, NC (US);

Eric Douglas Romesburg, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Joseph Norman Morris, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Assignee:

Valencell, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/04 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6803 (2013.01); A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 5/026 (2013.01); A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 5/6817 (2013.01); A61B 5/721 (2013.01); A61B 5/7203 (2013.01); A61B 5/7207 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.02); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 6/507 (2013.01); A61B 8/02 (2013.01); A61B 8/04 (2013.01); A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0247 (2013.01);
Abstract

A headset includes a housing defining an audio cavity, a speaker located within the audio cavity, and first and second sensor modules within the housing in spaced-apart, angled relationship to each other. The housing includes an aperture through which sound from the speaker can pass, and the first and second sensor modules are on opposing sides of a direction from the speaker to the aperture. The first sensor module is configured to direct electromagnetic radiation at a first target region of an ear of a person wearing the headset and to detect a first energy response signal therefrom that is associated with one or more physiological metrics of the subject, and the second sensor module is configured to direct electromagnetic radiation at a second target region of the ear and to detect a second energy response signal therefrom that is associated with the one or more physiological metrics.


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