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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Polar Electro Oy, Kempele, FI;
Inventor:
Elias Pekonen, Oulu, FI;
Assignee:
POLAR ELECTRO OY, Kempele, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/0408 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/721 (2013.01); A61B 5/0013 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/1128 (2013.01); A61B 5/6823 (2013.01); A61B 5/6824 (2013.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); A61B 5/02427 (2013.01); A61B 5/04085 (2013.01); A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0233 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a wearable item configured to be placed at least partially against a skin of a person; and an optically sensitive detector mounted to the wearable item and configured to detect optical signals reflected from the skin of the person, wherein the detected optical signals represent a relative motion between the wearable item and the skin of the person and wherein the optically sensitive detector is mounted to the wearable item such that there is a predetermined space between the optically sensitive detector and the skin of the person.