US 11,730,398 B2
Motion powered wearable devices and uses thereof in health monitoring
Mohammed Jasim Uddin, Edinburg, TX (US); Aminur Rashid Chowdhury, Edinburg, TX (US); and Ulises Vidaurri Romero, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to The Board of Regents, The University of Texas Syst, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/913,647.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/870,966, filed on Jul. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0000388 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1113 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/6801 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0204 (2013.01); A61B 2562/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A health monitoring device comprising:
a wearable device having a surface suitable for being in contact with a skin surface of a user;
a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) positioned on a portion of the surface capable of generating electrical energy from mechanical energy;
a means for transmitting electrical energy generated by the TENG to the device surface in contact with the skin surface;
a means for continuously measuring physiological data, and
a means for transmitting physiological data received at the device surface in contact with the user to a receiver,
wherein the physiological data provides for classifying the user as a high disease symptom user or a low disease symptom user as compared to an average non-disease user symptom reference.