US 12,011,291 B2
Non-invasive wearable biomechanical and physiology monitor for injury prevention and rehabilitation
Marissa A. Howard, Richmond, VA (US); Lance A. Liotta, Bethesda, MD (US); Rachel Naidich, Fairfax, VA (US); Matthew Luu Trang, Nokesville, VA (US); Ish Sethi, Chantilly, VA (US); Rebecca Woodhouse, Oakton, VA (US); and Kshamata Neupane, Haymarket, VA (US)
Assigned to GEORGE MASON RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Fairfax, VA (US)
Filed by GEORGE MASON RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Fairfax, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/651,661.
Application 17/651,661 is a continuation of application No. 16/169,295, filed on Oct. 24, 2018, granted, now 11,284,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/576,361, filed on Oct. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167918 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6828 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0053 (2013.01); A61B 5/015 (2013.01); A61B 5/1107 (2013.01); A61B 5/1126 (2013.01); A61B 5/4528 (2013.01); A61B 5/4585 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61B 5/6824 (2013.01); A61B 5/6829 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 5/0048 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61B 5/4519 (2013.01); A61B 5/7465 (2013.01); A61B 2503/08 (2013.01); A61B 2503/10 (2013.01); A61B 2505/09 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0261 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01); A61H 2230/08 (2013.01); A61H 2230/50 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A device, comprising
a wrap for a joint of a patient's body, wherein the joint is a knee, elbow, wrist, hip, ankle, or shoulder;
temperature sensors attached or attachable to the wrap, the temperature sensors comprising a first temperature sensor configured to sense a first temperature in a first position on the wrap and a second temperature sensor configured to sense a second temperature in a second position on the wrap, wherein the first position corresponds with a back of the joint and the second position corresponds with a front of the joint; and
at least one processor and storage, the storage comprising executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the at least one processor to detect an elevation between the first and second temperatures indicative of an embolism and determine a diagnostic output of an embolism based on the elevation.