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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:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jocelyn C. Scheirer, Somerville, MA (US);
Rosalind W. Picard, Newton, MA (US);
Nancy Tilbury, London, GB;
Jonathan Farringdon, Kent, GB;
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
Abstract
A skin-conductivity sensor is configured as a wearable device, such as an article of clothing worn on the hand but covering it only partially. The device may include an on-board power source and a source of illumination that provides a continuous visual indication of skin conductivity.