CA2672611A1 - Intravaginal device with wireless sensors of fertility indicators - Google Patents
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Abstract
A convenient and highly accurate intravaginal device with wireless sensors for monitoring fertility and sexual health of humans and animals is proposed.
Sensors in the intravaginal device measure fertility and sexual health and via wireless transmitter send this information to a terminal on which the information is processed and displayed in convenient form.
Sensors in the intravaginal device measure fertility and sexual health and via wireless transmitter send this information to a terminal on which the information is processed and displayed in convenient form.
Description
TITLE OF INVENTION
Intravaginal device with wireless sensors of fertility indicators.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to devices for monitoring fertility and sexual health of human and animals.
Intravaginal device with wireless sensors of fertility indicators.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to devices for monitoring fertility and sexual health of human and animals.
2. Background Information Cost of fertility and unwanted pregnancy related problems exceed one trillion of dollars today and continue to rise. Therefore, there is a need for cheap, safe, convenient and accurate methods to monitor fertility and sexual health.
Fertility kits available today are safe and cheap, but they are not convenient because they require taking samples of fluids from a human body every time to measure fertility level; also they are not very accurate, because they rely not on direct indicators of fertility, but on non-direct indicators, which correlate with direct indicators. The degree of correlation depends on a set of other variables such as environmental impact, stress, diet, emotional condition, etc., which make the measurement of fertility less accurate.
Fertility monitors available today are more convenient, but they also not accurate for the same reasons as the fertility kits.
The purpose of the current invention is to suggest a device which allows monitoring fertility and sexual health in safe, cheap, convenient way with high accuracy.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An intravaginal device which allows monitoring fertility and sexual health in safe, cheap, convenient way with high accuracy is proposed. The device includes a contraceptive barrier such as a cervical cap or a diaphragm with wireless sensors of fertility indicators, a control unit with a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver, and a terminal for receiving, processing and displaying information about fertility and sexual health and controlling the device.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1. A structural scheme of the intravaginal device with wireless sensors Fig. 2. A structural scheme of a terminal DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a device, which allows monitoring fertility and sexual health in safe, cheap, convenient way with high accuracy.
Fig. 1 shows simplified scheme of the device, which includes a contraceptive barrier such as a cervical cap or a diaphragm with wireless sensors of fertility indicators, a control unit with a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver.
Sensors on the internal side of the contraceptive barrier monitor female fertility and sexual health by measuring direct and indirect fertility indicators such as ultrasonic or infrared images of follicle collapse with egg release, vaginal temperature, physical and chemical properties of vaginal fluids, concentration of hormones and enzymes, folliculogenesis and other ovarian functions. Also these sensors monitor concentration of antibodies and harmful microorganisms for evaluation of sexual health of the female. Sensors on the external side of the contraceptive barrier monitor fertility parameters of male's sperm (motility, count, morphology) and concentration of antibodies and harmful microorganisms for evaluation of sexual health of the male.
Fertility kits available today are safe and cheap, but they are not convenient because they require taking samples of fluids from a human body every time to measure fertility level; also they are not very accurate, because they rely not on direct indicators of fertility, but on non-direct indicators, which correlate with direct indicators. The degree of correlation depends on a set of other variables such as environmental impact, stress, diet, emotional condition, etc., which make the measurement of fertility less accurate.
Fertility monitors available today are more convenient, but they also not accurate for the same reasons as the fertility kits.
The purpose of the current invention is to suggest a device which allows monitoring fertility and sexual health in safe, cheap, convenient way with high accuracy.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An intravaginal device which allows monitoring fertility and sexual health in safe, cheap, convenient way with high accuracy is proposed. The device includes a contraceptive barrier such as a cervical cap or a diaphragm with wireless sensors of fertility indicators, a control unit with a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver, and a terminal for receiving, processing and displaying information about fertility and sexual health and controlling the device.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1. A structural scheme of the intravaginal device with wireless sensors Fig. 2. A structural scheme of a terminal DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a device, which allows monitoring fertility and sexual health in safe, cheap, convenient way with high accuracy.
Fig. 1 shows simplified scheme of the device, which includes a contraceptive barrier such as a cervical cap or a diaphragm with wireless sensors of fertility indicators, a control unit with a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver.
Sensors on the internal side of the contraceptive barrier monitor female fertility and sexual health by measuring direct and indirect fertility indicators such as ultrasonic or infrared images of follicle collapse with egg release, vaginal temperature, physical and chemical properties of vaginal fluids, concentration of hormones and enzymes, folliculogenesis and other ovarian functions. Also these sensors monitor concentration of antibodies and harmful microorganisms for evaluation of sexual health of the female. Sensors on the external side of the contraceptive barrier monitor fertility parameters of male's sperm (motility, count, morphology) and concentration of antibodies and harmful microorganisms for evaluation of sexual health of the male.
The information from the sensors is compressed by the control unit 1 and is sent to the terminal via the wireless transmitter. The control unit 1 is responsible for turning on/off and control of the sensors, receiver and transmitter. For example, the control unit may be programmed via the terminal to turn on every morning at 8:00 AM, measure the fertility indicators, to compress this information, to send it to the terminal and to turn off the device till the next morning. With modem technology such cycle can be accomplished in a fraction of a second, therefore the total exposure of a female vaginal system to electromagnetic radiation can be less than a second per year. As such technology is becoming better and better, this time may be reduced in the future, which will make this device very safe with regards to exposure to electromagnetic radiation.
Fig. 2 shows simplified scheme of the terminal. The terminal receives information from the device via the wireless receiver, processes it by the processing unit according to a proprietary or known algorithm and displays it on the terminal's display. The terminal may be any portable wireless device such as pc,netbook, notebook, smart phone, mobile phone, ipod, PDA, etc. The terminal also sends information and instructions from the input device via control unit 2 to the intravaginal device via the wireless transmitter.
Fig. 2 shows simplified scheme of the terminal. The terminal receives information from the device via the wireless receiver, processes it by the processing unit according to a proprietary or known algorithm and displays it on the terminal's display. The terminal may be any portable wireless device such as pc,netbook, notebook, smart phone, mobile phone, ipod, PDA, etc. The terminal also sends information and instructions from the input device via control unit 2 to the intravaginal device via the wireless transmitter.
Claims (18)
1. A means for wireless monitoring of fertility and sexual health of humans and animals comprising from the following parts:
(1) a female contraceptive barrier;
(2) a one or several sensors to measure female fertility and sexual health, placed on the internal side of said barrier;
(3) a control unit, which turns on/off the said means, compresses information from the said sensors and sends it via a wireless transmitter to a terminal for processing the information and displaying results;
(4) a wireless transmitter, via which the information from the said sensors is sent to a terminal for processing the information and displaying the results.
(1) a female contraceptive barrier;
(2) a one or several sensors to measure female fertility and sexual health, placed on the internal side of said barrier;
(3) a control unit, which turns on/off the said means, compresses information from the said sensors and sends it via a wireless transmitter to a terminal for processing the information and displaying results;
(4) a wireless transmitter, via which the information from the said sensors is sent to a terminal for processing the information and displaying the results.
2. A device as in claim 1, where a one or several sensors to measure a male fertility and sexual health, are placed on the external side of said barrier.
3. A device as in claim 1, where said means has a wireless receiver, via which instructions to the said control unit are sent from a terminal.
4. A device as in claim 1, where one of the said sensors takes ultrasonic images of follicle collapse with egg release.
5. A device as in claim 1, where one of the said sensors takes infrared images of follicle collapse with egg release.
6. A device as in claim 1, where one of the said sensors measures a vaginal temperature.
7. A device as in claim 1, where some of the said sensors measure physical and chemical properties of vaginal fluids.
8. A device as in claim 1, where some of the said sensors measure concentration of hormones.
9. A device as in claim 1, where some of the said sensors measure concentration of enzemes.
10. A device as in claim 1, where some of the said sensors measure folliculogenesis and other ovarian functions.
11. A device as in claim 1, where some of the said sensors measure concentration of antibodies.
12. A device as in claim 1, where some of the said sensors measure concentration of harmful microorganisms.
13. A device as in claim 3, where some of the said sensors measure fertility parameters of the male's sperm (motility, count, morphology).
14. A device as in claim 1, where some of the said sensors measure electromagnetic radiation.
15. A device as in claim 1, where some of the said sensors measure intra-nuclear radiation.
16. A terminal for displaying results of fertility and sexual health assessment based on measurements from the said means, comprising of:
(1) a wireless receiver, which receives the information send by the said means;
(2) a processing unit which processes the received information;
(3) a display for displaying the results of fertility and sexual health assessment from said processing unit in convenient form;
(4) a control unit with input device, which programs working cycles of the said means;
(5) a wireless transmitter, which sends instructions from the said control unit of the terminal to the said means.
(1) a wireless receiver, which receives the information send by the said means;
(2) a processing unit which processes the received information;
(3) a display for displaying the results of fertility and sexual health assessment from said processing unit in convenient form;
(4) a control unit with input device, which programs working cycles of the said means;
(5) a wireless transmitter, which sends instructions from the said control unit of the terminal to the said means.
17. A terminal as in claim 16, where all internal blocks/parts are placed physically into a one unit.
18. A terminal as in claim 16, where all internal blocks/parts are placed physically into several different units.
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