US 12,357,185 B2
System and method for monitoring/detecting and responding to infant breathing
Peter Fornell, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to HB Innovations, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by HB Innovations, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/353,762.
Application 17/353,762 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/905,424, filed on Jun. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,712,180.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,081, filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0361172 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0205 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6892 (2013.01); A61B 5/7225 (2013.01); A61B 2503/045 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a breath sensor configured to be positioned beneath a subject, the breath sensor comprising:
a vibration substrate; and
a piezoceramic element attached to the vibration substrate and configured to detect vibrations propagated along the vibration substrate caused by motion of the subject when positioned on a mattress or pad in vibratory communication with the vibration substrate, wherein the motion corresponds to at least breathing and heartbeat motion of the subject, and wherein the piezoceramic element transduces the detected vibrations into a signal; and
a breath detection module configured to analyze the signal to identify respiration and heartbeat components within the signal, wherein the breath detection module is configured to analyze the respiration components to detect respiratory infections.