US 12,245,874 B2
Glove-based form factor for bio-acoustical sensing
Omer T. Inan, Atlanta, GA (US); Nicholas B. Bolus, Atlanta, GA (US); Hyeon Ki Jeong, Atlanta, GA (US); and Daniel Whittingslow, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/126,300.
Application 17/126,300 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/898,712, filed on Jun. 11, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/860,604, filed on Jun. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0137458 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2021.01); A61B 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6826 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0051 (2013.01); A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 5/4528 (2013.01); A61B 5/6806 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 7/006 (2013.01); A61B 7/04 (2013.01); A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bio-vibration device for use by a user, having a hand with a back side and a finger, for sensing vibration signals in an individual, comprising:
(a) a finger coupler device;
(b) a vibration sensor affixed to the finger coupler device and configured to be pressed against a selected site of the individual and to sense a vibration signal therefrom;
(c) a communications circuit that is responsive to the vibration sensor and that is configured to transmit the vibration signal to a remote device;
(d) a force sensor disposed between the vibration sensor and the finger coupler device that senses a force applied to the selected site by the user; and
(e) a force feedback circuit that is responsive to the force sensor and that determines if the force sensed by the force sensor is within a desired range for consistent signal acquisition by the vibration sensor, the force feedback circuit including a multi-color LED, configured to be disposed on the back side of the hand, that generates: light of a first color when the force applied by the user is within the desired range; light of a second color, different from the first color, when the force applied by the user is below the desired range; and light of a third color, different from the first color and the second color, when the force applied by the user is above the desired range so as to provide visual feedback of sensor contact force.