公开(公告)号：US11324407B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US14063669

申请日：2013-10-25

Applicant: Valencell, Inc.

Inventor： Steven Francis LeBoeuf ,  Jesse Berkley Tucker ,  Michael Edward Aumer

IPC: A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/22 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/24 ,  A61B5/369 ,  A61B5/398 ,  A61B5/029 ,  A61B7/00 ,  A61B5/12 ,  A61B7/04 ,  A61B5/03 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/1477 ,  A61M37/00 ,  A61N1/32 ,  A61B5/024 ,  G01D11/00 ,  G01N21/47 ,  G01N21/59 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61B5/087 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/0533

Abstract: Wearable apparatus for monitoring various physiological and environmental factors are provided. Real-time, noninvasive health and environmental monitors include a plurality of compact sensors integrated within small, low-profile devices, such as earpiece modules. Physiological and environmental data is collected and wirelessly transmitted into a wireless network, where the data is stored and/or processed.

公开(公告)号：US11272849B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-15

申请号：US15949266

申请日：2018-04-10

Applicant: Valencell, Inc.

Inventor： Steven Francis LeBoeuf ,  Jesse Berkley Tucker ,  Michael Edward Aumer

IPC: A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/22 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/24 ,  A61B5/369 ,  A61B5/398 ,  A61B5/029 ,  A61B7/00 ,  A61B5/12 ,  A61B7/04 ,  A61B5/03 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/1477 ,  A61M37/00 ,  A61N1/32 ,  A61B5/024 ,  G01D11/00 ,  G01N21/47 ,  G01N21/59 ,  A61B5/026 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61B5/087 ,  H04R25/00 ,  A61B5/0533

Abstract: An apparatus adapted to be worn at or near at least one ear of a subject includes a battery, a reflective pulse oximeter, a motion sensor, an analog-to-digital convertor configured to convert analog signals from the reflective pulse oximeter and the motion sensor into digitized information, a speaker, a digital memory device configured to store at least one algorithm for signal processing, a transceiver, and a signal processor. The signal processor is configured to process data from the reflective pulse oximeter to monitor cardiopulmonary functioning of the subject, process data from the motion sensor to monitor head and body motion, execute the at least one algorithm for assessing a health state of a subject, poll the reflective pulse oximeter and the motion sensor at certain time intervals to extend life of the battery, and process digital audio information into analog sounds to be presented to the subject via the speaker.

公开(公告)号：US11252498B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-15

申请号：US16688800

申请日：2019-11-19

Applicant: Valencell, Inc.

Inventor： Wolfgang Wagner ,  Shawn Stephenson ,  Steven Matthew Just ,  Michael Edward Aumer ,  Jesse Berkley Tucker ,  Lawrence Christopher Eschbach ,  Steven Francis LeBoeuf

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/026 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: An ear worn device includes an optical source, an optical detector, and a housing supporting the optical source and optical detector. The housing is configured to be positioned within an ear of a subject and includes a first light guide in optical communication with the optical source and a second light guide in optical communication with the optical detector. A distal end of the first light guide is configured to deliver light from the optical source into the ear, and a distal end of the second light guide is configured to collect light from the ear and deliver collected light to the optical detector. The first and second light guides define respective first and second axial directions that are outwardly diverging such that light rays directed into the ear via the first light guide cannot overlap with light rays collected by the second light guide.

公开(公告)号：US20210393210A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17394565

申请日：2021-08-05

Applicant: Valencell, Inc.

Inventor： Steven Francis LeBoeuf ,  Tushar Dilip Tank ,  William M. Richey ,  Michael Edward Aumer

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  G16H40/67 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/1455

Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting sensor data are provided and include collecting physiological data and meta data from a subject via a sensor system, wherein the sensor system comprises a sensor element, a signal processor, and memory in communication with the signal processor. The subject meta data is processed by the signal processor to determine metric features, the metric features are processed by the signal processor to determine a subject-specific metric statistic for the subject, and the physiological data is processed by the signal processor to generate a sensor metric. The sensor metric is then presented for display via a display.

公开(公告)号：US11179108B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16545637

申请日：2019-08-20

Applicant: Valencell, Inc.

Inventor： Steven Francis LeBoeuf ,  Jesse Berkley Tucker ,  Michael Edward Aumer ,  Steven Matthew Just ,  Mark Andrew Felice

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/16 ,  G05B19/048 ,  A61B5/08

Abstract: A monitoring device configured to be attached to a subject includes a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor configured to measure a plurality of physiological parameters from the subject, a motion sensor configured to detect an activity state of the subject, and a processor coupled to the PPG sensor and the motion sensor. The PPG sensor is configured to measure each physiological parameter in a respective one of a plurality of time intervals. The processor instructs the PPG sensor to measure a first one of the plurality of physiological parameters if the activity state is at or above a threshold, and to measure a second one of the plurality of physiological parameters if the activity state is below the threshold.

公开(公告)号：US11109809B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-07

申请号：US16734498

申请日：2020-01-06

Applicant: Valencell, Inc.

Inventor： Steven Francis LeBoeuf ,  Tushar Dilip Tank ,  William M. Richey ,  Michael Edward Aumer

IPC: G06T15/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G16H40/67 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  G16H50/20 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/024 ,  G16H50/30

Abstract: A method of producing subject-specific metric statistics includes collecting physiological data and meta data from a subject via a sensor system. The sensor system includes at least one sensor element, at least one signal processor, and memory in communication with the at least one signal processor. The collected data is processed via the at least one signal processor to determine a plurality of metric features from the collected data. The plurality of metric features are processed using one or more data clustering techniques via the at least one signal processor to generate at least one subject-specific metric statistic and at least one sensor metric. The at least one subject-specific metric statistic and the at least one sensor metric may be displayed via a display associated with a client device.

公开(公告)号：US20210161415A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US17175928

申请日：2021-02-15

Applicant: Valencell, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Edward Aumer ,  Steven Francis LeBoeuf

IPC: A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for monitoring a subject are described. A monitoring device configured to be attached to a body of a subject includes a sensor that is configured to detect and/or measure physiological information from the subject and at least one motion sensor configured to detect and/or measure subject motion information. The physiological sensor and motion sensor are in communication with a processor that is configured to receive and analyze signals produced by the physiological sensor and motion sensor. The processor is configured to process motion sensor signals to identify an activity characteristic of the subject. Once an activity characteristic is identified, the processor is configured to select a noise reference in response to identification of the activity characteristic of the subject, and then process physiological sensor signals using the noise reference to generate an output signal having reduced noise relative to the physiological sensor signal, to produce physiological information about the subject.

公开(公告)号：US20200345243A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-05

申请号：US16932377

申请日：2020-07-17

Applicant: Valencell, Inc.

Inventor： Steven Francis LeBoeuf ,  Jesse Berkley Tucker ,  Michael Edward Aumer

IPC: A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/22 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/029 ,  A61B7/00 ,  A61B5/12 ,  A61B7/04 ,  A61B5/03 ,  A61B5/0476 ,  A61B5/0496 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/04 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/1477 ,  A61M37/00 ,  A61N1/32 ,  A61B5/024 ,  G01D11/00 ,  G01N21/47 ,  G01N21/59 ,  A61B5/026

Abstract: A system for monitoring the cardiopulmonary functioning of a person includes a remote terminal and a sensor module configured to be worn by the person. The sensor module includes at least one physiological sensor configured to sense the following types of physiological information generated by the person: pulse rate, blood flow, and blood pressure; at least one signal processor configured to process signals generated by the at least one physiological sensor; and at least one transmitter responsive to the at least one signal processor that is configured to transmit at least one signal to the at least one remote terminal. The at least one signal processor is configured to focus processing resources on one of the types of physiological information in response to a specified preference by the person.

公开(公告)号：US20190388036A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16563105

申请日：2019-09-06

Applicant: Valencell, Inc.

Inventor： Steven Francis LeBoeuf ,  William M. Richey ,  Michael Edward Aumer

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/022 ,  A61B5/08 ,  G16H40/67

Abstract: A client device includes a display and a processor configured to obtain a data stream from a remote sensor via a communication protocol. The remote sensor is a physiological sensor monitoring a subject and/or an environmental sensor monitoring an environment in a vicinity of the subject, and the data stream includes a sensor metric, a metric identifier, and dynamically updated integrity information about the sensor metric. The processor is also configured to identify a statistical distribution function associated with the remote sensor via a function selector associated with the communication protocol, and display, via the display, the sensor metric with statistical information about the sensor metric using the identified statistical distribution function.

公开(公告)号：US10382839B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-13

申请号：US15670554

申请日：2017-08-07

Applicant: Valencell, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Edward Aumer ,  Steven Francis LeBoeuf

IPC: H04Q9/00 ,  G08B21/18 ,  H04R1/10 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/1455

Abstract: A wearable biometric monitoring device is configured to assess the biometric signal quality of one or more sensors associated with the monitoring device, determine how the user should adjust the device to improve the biometric fit, and instruct the user to wear the biometric monitoring device a certain way. Communicating instructions to a user may include instructing the user to execute a testing regimen while wearing the biometric monitoring device. The testing regimen facilitates an estimation of a signal quality that can be used to provide feedback to the user that he/she needs to adjust the device to improve the biometric fit and the biometric signal quality.