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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
H. Troy Nagle, Durham, NC (US);
Tae-ho Kang, Taejon, 302-726, KR;
Carey Merritt, Wilmington, NC (US);
Burcak Karaguzel, Beylikdüzü/Istanbul, TR;
Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Cary, NC (US);
Edward Grant, Raleigh, NC (US);
H. Troy Nagle, Durham, NC (US);
Tae-Ho Kang, Taejon, 302-726, KR;
Carey Merritt, Wilmington, NC (US);
Burcak Karaguzel, Beylikdüzü/Istanbul, TR;
Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Cary, NC (US);
Edward Grant, Raleigh, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A capacitive sensor device, including electrode materials carried by fabric substrates, is provided for monitoring relative movement of an expanding and/or contracting structure, such as the mammalian chest and/or torso, corresponding to a performance parameter related, for example, to respiratory function. Some embodiments include non-woven fabric substrates comprising compliant portions configured to stretch only in a selected direction and non-compliant portions upon which electrode materials are disposed. In some embodiments, layers of fabric substrates, carrying corresponding first and second electrode materials, are configured to cooperate to form a parallel plate capacitive sensor having a variable capacitance corresponding to a relative motion of the fabric substrates.