SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING RESPIRATION

摘要

A system and method for monitoring respiration of a user, comprising: a respiration sensing module including a sensor configured to detect a set of respiration signals of the user based upon movement resulting from the user's respiration; a supplementary sensing module comprising an accelerometer and configured to detect a set of supplemental signals from the user; an electronics subsystem comprising a power module configured to power the system and a signal processing module configured to condition the set of respiration signals and the set of supplemental signals; a housing configured to facilitate coupling of the respiration sensing module and the supplementary sensing module to the user; and a data link coupled to the electronics subsystem through the housing and configured to transmit data generated from the set of respiration signals and the set of supplemental signals, thereby facilitating monitoring of the user's respiration.

主权项

1. A system for monitoring respiration of a user, comprising:
a respiration sensing module configured to detect a set of respiration signals in response to forces detected at a sensor-user interface during the user's respiration; a supplementary sensing module configured to detect a set of supplementary signals during the user's respiration; an electronics subsystem configured to condition the set of respiration signals and the set of supplemental signals; a housing configured to couple the respiration and the supplementary sensing modules to the user at the sensor-user interface; and a processor including: a first module configured to transform the set of respiration signals and the set of supplementary signals from the electronics subsystem into a dataset characterizing a set of respiration characteristics of the user; a second module configured to automatically associate a user event, derived from the set of supplementary signals, with a portion of the dataset; a third module configured to generate an analysis based upon the user event and a metric generated from the portion of the dataset; and a fourth module configured to generate a user notification, indicative of the user's respiration, based upon the analysis.