Monitoring a person for indications of a brain injury
US10667737B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 23, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/0219
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products for monitoring a person for a traumatic brain injury. Aspects include monitoring a gait of the user with one or more accelerometers embedded in the uniform and analyzing, by a processor, one or more characteristics of the gait of the user. Aspects also include determining whether the one or more characteristics of the gait indicate that the user may have suffered the traumatic brain injury and creating an alert that the user of the helmet may have suffered the traumatic brain injury.
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