{
  "patent_number": "US 20200281484",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Smart Clothing That Compares Pulse Signals from Both Sides of Your Body",
  "original_title": "An apparatus for monitoring the pulse of a person and a method thereof",
  "summary": "This patent describes a piece of clothing, like a t-shirt, with built-in sensors in its sleeves or legs to measure and compare pulse characteristics from different limbs, helping to detect subtle health differences.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes an apparatus for monitoring a person's pulse using smart clothing. The clothing, such as a t-shirt, has sleeves with 'stretchable necks' (claim 1) or 'resilient necks' (claim 2) that hug the wearer's limbs. These necks contain sensors like electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes (claim 1), photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensors (claim 2), or ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensors (claim 5). The clothing is designed to keep these sensors in firm contact with the skin. A key aspect is the ability to obtain a 'left pulse' and a 'right pulse' from the same heartbeat (claim 9) and then observe differences in characteristics like 'pulse-transit-time', 'spread', 'trough to peak amplitude', or 'shape' between the two sides. For example, a smart t-shirt could measure the pulse in both wrists simultaneously and a tiny computer inside the shirt would compare how quickly the pulse wave reaches each wrist.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover pulse monitoring devices that only measure pulse from a single limb without comparing it to another limb (claims 1, 3, 9 emphasize 'two sleeves' or 'left pulse' and 'right pulse').",
    "Does not cover sensors that are not integrated into the 'neck' of a sleeve or leg opening (claims 1, 2).",
    "Does not cover pulse monitoring without specifically comparing characteristics like pulse-transit-time, spread, amplitude, or shape between the left and right limbs (claim 9).",
    "Does not cover devices where the electrodes or sensors are not actively urged into contact with the skin by a 'stretchable' or 'resilient' part of the clothing (claims 1, 2)."
  ],
  "filed": "2018-06-20",
  "granted": null,
  "expires": "2038-06-20",
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Well Being Digital",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/well-being-digital",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Ming Yip Wallace WONG",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/ming-yip-wallace-wong"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 9,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications",
    "biotech",
    "wearables"
  ],
  "abstract": "A wearable device in the form of a tee-shirt is described. The sleeves of the tee-shirt having an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor or a ballistocardiogram (BCG) sensor for monitoring the pulse of a person wearing the tee-shirt. The tee-shirt makes possible the comparison of the pulses down the two arms. The pulse-transit-time, pulse amplitude, pulse spread and pulse shape may be compared to observe any difference between the left and right sides of the person.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20200281484/an-apparatus-for-monitoring-the-pulse-of-a-person-and-a-method-thereof",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20200281484/an-apparatus-for-monitoring-the-pulse-of-a-person-and-a-method-thereof/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200281484",
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