Mobile application for wearable device
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Publication Number
US-11471112-B2
Publication Date
2022-10-18
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Abstract
Featured are devices (e.g., peripheral devices) and systems that interact with a device having sensors (e.g., a wearable device or device configured for use with a piece of equipment, such as a vehicle) to receive and process data (e.g., physiological data) from the sensors. Also featured are computer implemented methods including software (e.g., an application) for receiving and processing data by the peripheral device. An application that communicates with the device (e.g., wearable device or equipment device) and sensor information processed by the application or a device running or accessing the application provides situational awareness for users in adverse conditions, such as during combat or wartime. The wearable device may include one or more inflatable bladders configured to apply pressure to a wound site for treatment.
Core Innovation
Featured are devices and systems that interact with a device having sensors to receive and process data and computer implemented methods including software for receiving and processing data by the peripheral device. An application that communicates with the device and sensor information processed by the application or a device running or accessing the application provides situational awareness for users in adverse conditions, such as during combat or wartime, and the peripheral device operates a graphical user interface to display physiological or operational data.
The wearable device may include one or more inflatable bladders configured to apply pressure to a wound site for treatment, and the application and peripheral device can acquire data from one or more sensors located within or on a device and display physiological data on the graphical user interface. The system is configured to transmit physiological data or other indicia regarding one or more users to team members or third party responders and to enable functions including activation of inflatable bladders, continuous display of physiological data, and request for medical evacuation.
Claims Coverage
This section identifies 2 independent claims and 7 inventive features extracted from those claims.
Impact-detection-based physiological data reception
Receiving the physiological data by the peripheral device, wherein the physiological data comprise information generated upon activation of at least one impact detection sensor located within or on a wearable device that is adorned by the subject, wherein the wearable device comprises a plurality of non-overlapping zones, each of which comprises at least one said impact detection sensor, wherein said at least one impact detection sensor of each of the plurality of zones is configured to independently activate upon an impact thereto, and each said impact detection sensor is independently connected to an information processing unit (IPU) that produces the information
Zone-based graphical display of wearable device
Displaying on the graphical user interface a visual representation of the plurality of zones of the wearable device
Activation-correlated zone signaling indicating impact and health state
Displaying a signal in at least one of the plurality of zones of the visual representation corresponding to activation of at least one said impact detection sensor of the wearable device, wherein the signal identifies the occurrence of a physical impact to the wearable device within at least one of the plurality of zones, thereby indicating the health state of the subject
Peripheral device rendering and GUI operations
Rendering a graphical user interface in the display and displaying the physiological data on the graphical user interface
Processing wearable sensor information to produce physiological data
Processing information received from a wearable device to produce physiological data, the wearable device comprising at least one impact detection sensor located within or on a wearable device that is adorned by the subject, wherein the wearable device comprises a plurality of non-overlapping zones, wherein each of said plurality of zones comprises at least one said impact detection sensor, wherein each said impact detection sensor is configured to independently activate upon an impact thereto, and wherein each said impact detection sensor is independently connected to an information processing unit (IPU) that produces the information upon activation of at least one said impact detection sensor
Visual zone-based activation signaling in peripheral device
Following activation of at least one said impact detection sensor of the wearable device, displaying a signal in each of the plurality of zones of the visual representation that correspond to activation of each said impact detection sensor of the wearable device, wherein the signal identifies the occurrence of a physical impact to the wearable device within at least one of the plurality of zones, thereby indicating the health state of the subject
Display of impact-related physiological data
Wherein the physiological data displayed on the graphical user interface further comprise one or more of ballistic impact site, impact force, source or direction of impact
The independent claims define a peripheral-device-centered system that receives impact-activated sensor information from a zoned wearable device, processes that sensor information into physiological and impact-related data, and renders a zone-based visual representation on a graphical user interface that signals activation of impact sensors to indicate occurrence of physical impact and the health state of the subject.
Stated Advantages
Provides situational awareness for users in adverse conditions, such as during combat or wartime.
Relays critical information to a person wearing the device or operating the equipment, as well as to third party responders.
Enables activation of inflatable bladders to apply pressure to a wound site for treatment and autonomous hemorrhage control.
Allows continuous live transmission and display of vital signs and sensor indicia to team members or third party responders.
Facilitates rapid medical evacuation requests and transmission of detailed user and site information to evacuation teams.
Permits real-time tracking of geolocation and team member positions to improve response time.
Documented Applications
Providing situational awareness and health-state monitoring for users in combat or wartime using wearable devices and a peripheral application.
Autonomous hemorrhage control and wound pressure application via inflatable bladders in a wearable garment to reduce fluid loss after ballistic impact.
Monitoring operational status and impact damage of equipment or vehicles and alerting operators or third party responders.
Team-based communication of GPS locations and physiological indicia among peripheral devices running the application for coordinated response.
Generation and transmission of electronic user information cards (TCCC card) and medical evacuation request forms to third party responders.
Use of wearable devices as garments including vests, pants, sleeves, wraps, full-body suits, socks, helmets, gloves, or braces for emergency treatment, stabilization, or buoyancy.
Use with non-human subjects, as the wearable device can be worn by any subject such as a human or another mammal.
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