Monitoring a person for indications of a brain injury
US9763571B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 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 user of a helmet for a traumatic brain injury. Aspects include monitoring one or more eyes of the user with a camera embedded in the helmet and analyzing, by a processor, one or more characteristics of the one or more eyes of the user. Aspects also include determining whether the one or more characteristics of the eyes 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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