Monitoring caloric expenditure resulting from body activity
US6571200B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H10/65
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus for monitoring the caloric expenditure rate of a subject, comprising: a caloric expenditure rate detector for detecting and measuring the caloric expenditure rate of the subject; a body activity detector for detecting and measuring the body activity of the subject; and a processor for storing a measured caloric expenditure rate and a concurrently measured body activity for each of a plurality of different body activities and activity rates, to enable each subsequently detected body activity measurement to be converted to the caloric expenditure rate of the respective subject.
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