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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2009
Rosalind W. Picard, Newton, MA (US);
Clayton J. Williams, Heber City, UT (US);
Richard Ribon Fletcher, Medford, MA (US);
Hoda Eydgahi, Salisbury, MD (US);
Ming-zher Poh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Oliver Orion Wilder-smith, Natick, MA (US);
Kyunghee Kim, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kelly Dobson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jackie Chia-hsun Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Rosalind W. Picard, Newton, MA (US);
Clayton J. Williams, Heber City, UT (US);
Richard Ribon Fletcher, Medford, MA (US);
Hoda Eydgahi, Salisbury, MD (US);
Ming-Zher Poh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Oliver Orion Wilder-Smith, Natick, MA (US);
Kyunghee Kim, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kelly Dobson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jackie Chia-Hsun Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A washable, wearable biosensor that can gather sensor data, communicate the sensed data by wireless protocols, and permits the analysis of sensed data in real-time as a person goes about their normal lifestyle activities. The biosensor can be worn in multiple positions, can be put on or removed quickly without having to apply or remove gels and adhesives, and provides a snug, comfortable fit to gather data with minimal motion artifacts. The textile, wearable device can support integrated photoplethysmography, skin conductance, motion, and temperature sensors in a small wearable package. The supported sensors may be coupled to utilization devices by channel-sharing wireless protocols to enable the transmission of data from multiple users and multiple sensors (e.g. both sides of body, wrists or hands and feet, or multiple people). An on-board processor, or the receiving utilization device, can map patterns of the physiological and motion data to signals or alerts such as a likely seizure, drug craving, or other states that the wearer may exhibit or experience. The sensor data may be sent by wireless transmission and received by a mobile phone or other personal digital device, a computer, a favorite toy, or another wearable device. The sensors may include multiple photoplethysmographs and/or one or more EDAs which perform a time-domain measurement of skin conductance.