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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Cynthia L Istook, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
VivoMetrics, Inc., Ventura, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 ; D04B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 ; D04B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A fabric for use in apparel of the type used for physiological monitoring of prescribed body functions has one or more elongated bands of elastic material which is stretchable in the longitudinal direction. Each such elastic band includes at least one conductive wire affixed to or formed therein in a curved pattern. A garment and a system of the type used for physiological monitoring of prescribed body functions includes such a fabric and a monitoring unit monitoring electrical parameters of the included conductive wires.