WO2016051160A2 - Perfectionnements apportés ou se rapportant à des moniteurs pouvant être portés - Google Patents

Perfectionnements apportés ou se rapportant à des moniteurs pouvant être portés Download PDF

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WO2016051160A2
WO2016051160A2 PCT/GB2015/052834 GB2015052834W WO2016051160A2 WO 2016051160 A2 WO2016051160 A2 WO 2016051160A2 GB 2015052834 W GB2015052834 W GB 2015052834W WO 2016051160 A2 WO2016051160 A2 WO 2016051160A2
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mounting member
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textile sensor
garment
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Richard Sturman
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Montfort Services Sdn. Bhd.
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D1/00—Garments
    • A41D1/002—Garments adapted to accommodate electronic equipment
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
    • A41C3/00—Brassieres
    • A41C3/0035—Brassieres with pockets
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/12—Surgeons' or patients' gowns or dresses
    • A41D13/1236—Patients' garments
    • A41D13/1281—Patients' garments with incorporated means for medical monitoring
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/68—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient
    • A61B5/6801—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the body surface
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/68—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient
    • A61B5/6801—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the body surface
    • A61B5/6802—Sensor mounted on worn items
    • A61B5/6804—Garments; Clothes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/68—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient
    • A61B5/6801—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the body surface
    • A61B5/683—Means for maintaining contact with the body
    • A61B5/6831—Straps, bands or harnesses

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  • This invention relates to a mounting member for a wearable monitor, a wearable monitor including such a mounting member, a garment including the said wearable monitor, and a garment for use with such a wearable monitor.
  • Wearable technology, and wearable monitors such as heart rate monitors, are becoming increasingly popular. Typically they include one or more sensors and a processing unit that is configured to receive and process data from the or each sensor.
  • a mounting member for a wearable monitor including at least one flexible textile sensor and a processing unit configured to receive and process data from the or each textile sensor, the mounting member comprising a mounting body including:
  • At least one textile sensor receiving formation to receive and retain in a taught configuration a portion of a corresponding textile sensor
  • a processing unit retaining formation to receive a processing unit of a wearable monitor and retain the processing unit in electrical contact with the retained taught portion of the or each textile sensor.
  • the inclusion of at least one textile sensor receiving formation that retains in a taught configuration a portion of a corresponding textile sensor permits the inclusion of flexible textile sensors in an associated wearable monitor which can be worn comfortably against a wearer's body, while at the same time helping to ensure the reliable and repeatable transfer of data in the form of electrical pulses from the or each textile sensor to the processing unit.
  • the inclusion of a processing unit retaining formation helps to further ensure the reliable and repeatable transfer of data from the or each textile sensor to the processing unit by reducing the risk of such data being lost, e.g. in the event of the processing unit moving out of electrical contact with the or each textile sensor.
  • the or each textile sensor receiving formation includes a first aperture.
  • first aperture in the or each textile sensor receiving formation permits the or each corresponding textile sensor to pass from a first side of the mounting body where it is able, e.g. to lie against the body of a wearer, to a second side of the mounting body where it can, e.g. be retained taught in readiness for establishing an electrical connection with the processing unit.
  • Such an arrangement also permits, in use, a spacing of the processing unit from the body of a wearer so as to avoid any discomfort arising from, e.g. a hard, rigid processing unit coming into contact with the body of a wearer.
  • the or each textile sensor receiving formation includes first and second spaced apertures between which in use the said portion of a corresponding textile sensor extends and is held taught.
  • Such an arrangement desirably defines the length, i.e. size, of the retained taught portion of the or each textile sensor, and so assists a manufacturing operative in, e.g. assembling a garment including a wearable monitor of which the mounting member forms a part.
  • the aforementioned arrangement allows a first end, e.g. an unfinished end, of a corresponding textile sensor to be hidden, e.g. by passing the first end back through to the first side of the mounting body.
  • the first and second spaced apertures of the or each textile sensor receiving formation may be defined by respective first and second parallel-spaced slots.
  • the processing unit retaining formation includes first and second side walls between which extends a resiliently deformable membrane to define a retaining chamber. Having a portion of the retaining chamber defined by a resiliently deformable membrane permits a user to readily insert a processing unit into the retaining chamber while also helping to drive the processing unit (when so inserted into the retaining chamber) into engagement with the or each textile sensor so as to establish reliable electrical communication therewith.
  • the mounting member may be selectively moveable between first and second configurations, the mounting member in the first configuration adopting a substantially flat arrangement in which the processing unit retaining formation is temporarily occluded, and the mounting member in the second configuration adopting an erect arrangement in which the processing unit retaining formation is open to receive a said processing unit.
  • the ability of the mounting member to selectively adopt a first flat configuration both assists in the manufacture and assembly of the mounting member and reduces the bulk of the mounting member which is helpful during, e.g. shipping of a garment incorporating the mounting member.
  • each side wall is foldable relative to a remaining portion of the mounting body in which the or each textile sensor receiving formation is located.
  • Such an arrangement helps to allow the mounting member to move between a first flat configuration and a second erect configuration.
  • each side wall permits each side wall to be created from a single planar member that, e.g. defines also the remainder of the mounting body, without any substantial secondary processing. It also facilitates the fixing of the resiliently deformable membrane to each side wall by allowing both the respective side wall and the membrane to lie flat during such fixing.
  • Each side wall may be formed from first and second side wall panels folded relative to one another.
  • Adopting such a folded arrangement provides each side wall with an increased degree of rigidity to desirably retain and protect the processing unit.
  • first and second side wall panels of each side wall include mutually engageable retention formations to retain the first and second side wall panels folded relative to one another.
  • Such mutually engageable retention formations desirably hold the mounting member in an assembled condition.
  • the second side wall panel of each side wall includes a tab formation cooperable with a slot formation in the corresponding first side wall panel to retain the first and second side wall panels folded relative to one another.
  • Each of the tab formation and the slot formation is readily formable from a single, planar member which goes on to define the whole of the mounting body. This greatly simplifies the manufacture and assembly of the mounting member and so helps to reduce its unit cost.
  • the resiliently deformable membrane is fixedly secured to each side wall via the corresponding tab formation of the second side wall panel thereof.
  • Securing the membrane in such a manner means that when each tab formation is inserted into the corresponding slot formation, i.e. during manufacture and assembly of the mounting member, the membrane subsequently acts to urge each tab formation into its inserted position and so acts to retain the processing unit retaining formation defined thereby in its assembly condition.
  • the mounting body additionally includes a securing formation located between the or each textile sensor receiving formation and an adjacent edge of the mounting body.
  • a securing formation located between the or each textile sensor receiving formation and an adjacent edge of the mounting body. The inclusion of such a securing formation permits the use of a single stitch formation to both secure a textile sensor to the mounting body and secure the mounting body to a sensing band which is or forms a part of a garment.
  • first and second side walls are integrally formed with the resiliently deformable membrane.
  • the processing unit retaining formation further includes third and fourth side walls, each of the third and fourth side walls being integrally formed with the first and second side walls and with the resiliently deformable membrane to define the retaining chamber.
  • Such an arrangement provides a secure hold of the processing unit within the processing unit retaining formation since the processing unit is surrounded by side walls on each of its sides.
  • each of the first, second, third and fourth side walls are resiliently deformable.
  • the resiliently deformable membrane may include an opening configured to receive a processing unit.
  • any one of the first to fourth side walls may instead include an opening configured to receive a processing unit.
  • Having such an opening provides a means to insert the processing unit into the retaining chamber of the processing unit retaining formation.
  • a wearable monitor for a garment, comprising a sensing band which in use extends against the body of a wearer, the sensing band having first and second mutually spaced textile sensors and a mounting member as described hereinabove secured thereto, a portion of each textile sensor being held taught by a respective textile sensor receiving formation of the mounting member, and the processing unit retaining formation of the mounting member selectively removeably retaining a processing unit in electrical contact with each retained taught portion of the first and second textile sensors.
  • the wearable monitor shares the benefits associated with the corresponding features of the mounting member included therein.
  • each of the first and second textile sensors lies adjacent to a first side of the sensing band to in-use sit against the body of a wearer and the mounting member lies adjacent to a second side of the sensing band opposite the first side.
  • the sensing band may include at least one textile sensor locating formation corresponding to each textile sensor.
  • each textile sensor locating formation corresponding to each textile sensor desirably positions the or each textile sensor relative to the sensor band and, in turn, desirably positions the mounting member relative to the sensing band.
  • the sensing band includes first and second textile sensor locating formations corresponding to each textile sensor.
  • the inclusion of first and second textile sensor locating formations corresponding to each textile sensor completely constrains the position of each textile sensor relative to the sensing band.
  • the or each textile sensor locating formation is defined by a perforation in the sensing band.
  • Such a perforation can be formed readily during manufacture of, e.g. a conventional garment such as a brassiere, and so facilitates the incorporation of a wearable monitor according to the invention in a wide range of otherwise conventional garments.
  • a garment including a wearable monitor as described hereinabove.
  • the garment includes a concealed pocket incorporating the wearable monitor.
  • a concealed pocket i.e. a pocket that is at least partially obscured or hidden in normal use, advantageously holds the wearable monitor while selectively permitting access to it for, e.g. removal and/or insertion of the processing unit thereof.
  • An interior portion of the concealed pocket may incorporate the sensing band of the wearable monitor. Having an interior portion of the concealed pocket incorporate the sensing band of the wearable monitor conveniently positions the textile sensors of the wearable monitor against the body of a wearer while at the same time hiding the wearable monitor from view.
  • the concealed pocket is centred about a midpoint of a chest portion of the garment.
  • Positioning the concealed pocket in the aforementioned manner helps to ensure that it is readily accessible by either hand of a wearer, e.g. while exercising or undertaking other physical activity.
  • the garment may include a breast support arrangement and the concealed pocket may lie immediately below the breast support arrangement. Such an arrangement permits the ready concealment of the pocket while helping to ensure the garment remains comfortable to wear.
  • the concealed pocket is selectively openable and closeable and when opened provides access to the mounting member of the wearable monitor whereby the processing unit of the wearable monitor is selectively insertable into or removeable from the processing unit retaining formation of the mounting member.
  • Having a concealed pocket that is selectively openable and closeable desirable ensures that the wearable monitor, and more particularly the processing unit thereof, remains safe and secure, while at the same time allowing easy removal of the processing unit, e.g. for charging and/or data transfer purposes.
  • a garment for use with a wearable monitor as described hereinabove, the garment comprising a concealed pocket to incorporate a wearable monitor, the concealed pocket being centred about a midpoint of a chest portion of the garment.
  • Positioning the concealed pocket in such a manner provides a user with ready access to the pocket with either hand irrespective of the type of exercise or activity being undertaken.
  • the garment includes a breast support arrangement and the concealed pocket lies immediately below the breast support arrangement. Locating the concealed pocket in such a manner permits the ready concealment of the pocket while helping to ensure the garment remains comfortable to wear.
  • the concealed pocket is selectively openable and closeable.
  • This desirable ensures that, e.g. a wearable monitor, and more particularly the processing unit thereof, remains safe and secure when located in the pocket, while at the same time allowing easy removal of the processing unit, e.g. for charging and/or data transfer purposes.
  • Figure 1(a) shows a planar member which forms a part of a mounting member according to the invention
  • Figure 1(b) shows a partially assembled mounting member according to first embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 1(c) shows a fully-assembled mounting member according to the first embodiment of the invention in a first flat configuration
  • Figure 1(d) shows the fully-assembled mounting member shown in Figure 1 (c) in a second erect configuration
  • Figure 2(a) shows an assembled mounting member according to a second embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 2(b) shows a base member which forms part of the mounting member shown in Figure 2(a);
  • Figure 3 shows an assembled mounting member according to a third embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 4(a) shows a partially assembled wearable monitor according to a fourth embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 4(b) shows a partially exploded view of the wearable monitor shown in Figure 4(a);
  • Figure 4(c) shows the wearable monitor shown in Figure 4(a) from an opposite side thereof;
  • Figure 5(a) shows the wearable monitor shown in Figure 4(a) in a fully-assembled condition
  • Figure 5(b) shows a reverse side of a processing unit included in the wearable monitor shown in Figure 5(a);
  • Figure 6(a) shows a sensing band which forms a part of the wearable monitor shown in Figure 5(a);
  • Figure 6(b) shows a further schematic view of the sensing band shown in Figure
  • Figure 7(a) shows a front view of a garment according to a fifth embodiment of the invention including the wearable monitor shown in Figure 5(a);
  • Figure 7(b) shows a perspective view from one side of the garment shown in Figure 7(a);
  • Figure 8 shows an enlarged view of a portion of the garment shown in Figure 7(a).
  • Figure 9 shows the interior shape of a concealed pocket which forms a part of the garment shown in Figure 7(a).
  • a first mounting member according to a first embodiment of the invention is designated generally by reference numeral 10, and is shown in various states of assembly in Figures 1 (a) to 1 (d).
  • the first mounting member 10 includes a mounting body 12 which, in the embodiment shown and as illustrated in Figure 1(a), is formed from a single planar member 14.
  • the single planar member 14 is or includes a woven polyester cloth such a sailcloth, e.g. an Ocean 655, Ocean 955, or Ocean 1155 sailcloth as manufactured by Bainbridge International Limited.
  • Such materials desirably exhibit characteristics that place them between conventional textiles that typically are soft and flexible and plastics that are normally hard and rigid.
  • the mounting body 12 includes first and second textile sensor receiving formations 16, 18, each of which, in use, receives and retains in a taught configuration a portion 20 of a corresponding textile sensor 22 (not shown in Figures 1 (a) to 1 (d)).
  • each textile sensor receiving formation 16, 18 includes first and second apertures 24, 26 that are spaced from one another, and between which in-use the said portion 20 of a corresponding textile sensor 22 extends and is held taught.
  • Each of the first and second apertures 24, 26 is defined by respective, corresponding first and second parallel-spaced slots 28, 30.
  • Each first slot 28, i.e. each innermost slot 28 has tapered innermost side portions 32, 34 which act to increase the width of the first slot 28 towards a middle thereof in order to accommodate an embossed conductive portion 36 of a corresponding textile sensor 22 without deforming the said embossed conductive portion 36.
  • Each second slot 30, i.e. each outermost slot 30, has parallel side portions 38, 40 which act to partially trap the aforementioned embossed conductive portion 36 of a corresponding textile sensor 22 therebetween to assist in initially positioning the textile sensor 22 relative to the mounting body 2.
  • each pair of first and second slots 28, 30 is spaced in parallel with one another in a lengthwise direction L of the mounting body 12, and so helps to maintain the orientation of corresponding textile sensors 22 which similarly extend in the lengthwise direction L.
  • first and second slots 28, 30 may instead be spaced from one another in a widthwise direction W of the mounting body 12.
  • first and second slots (28, 30) so arranged help to maintain the orientation of corresponding textile sensors which extend instead in the widthwise direction W relative to the mounting body 12.
  • the mounting body 12 also includes a processing unit retaining formation 42 that, in use, receives a processing unit 44 (not shown in Figures 1 (a) to 1 (d)) of a wearable monitor and retains the processing unit 44 in electrical contact with the retained taught portion 20 of each textile sensor 22, as described in more detail below.
  • a processing unit 44 not shown in Figures 1 (a) to 1 (d)
  • the processing unit retaining formation 42 includes first and second side walls 46, 48 between which extends a resiliently deformable membrane 50 so as to define a retaining chamber 52, as shown in Figure 1(d).
  • the membrane 50 is formed from a polyurethane material which resists tearing, e.g. when punctured by a needle.
  • a polyurethane material is Freudenberg Group's SF.16.CL 1 polyurethane tape, although other elastomeric materials may also be used.
  • the membrane 50 is translucent so that visible feedback, e.g. in the form of different coloured lights, from a processing unit 44 retained by the membrane 50 remains visible to a user while the processing unit 44 is so retained.
  • the membrane 50 may also be transparent, include a transparent window, or include an opening therein so as to permit the visual functionality of the processing unit 44 to be maintained.
  • Each side wall 46, 48 is foldable relative to a remaining portion of the mounting body 12 in which the first and second textile sensor receiving formations 16, 18 are located.
  • each side wall 46, 48 is formed from first and second side wall panels 54A, 54B, 56A, 56B that are folded relative to one another.
  • the first and second side wall panels 54A, 54B, 56A, 56B include mutually engageable retention formations 58A, 58B to retain the first and second side wall panels 54A, 54B, 56A, 56B in their folded state.
  • the second side wall panel 56A, 56B of each side wall 46, 48 includes a tab formation 60A, 60B that cooperates with a slot formation 62A, 62B in the corresponding first side wall panel 54A, 54B to hold the side wall panels 54A, 54B, 56A, 56B in the said folded state.
  • each tab formation 60A, 60B includes a barb 64 at each side thereof to resist withdrawal of the given tab formation 60A, 60B from the corresponding slot formation 62A, 62B.
  • the membrane 50 is fixedly secured to each side wall 46, 48 via the corresponding tab formation 60A, 60B of the second side wall panel 56A, 56B thereof, as best shown in Figure 1 (b).
  • the membrane 50 is so fixedly secured by way of a respective stitch formation 66 (only one of which is shown in Figure 1 (b)).
  • the membrane 50 may also be fixedly secured to each side wall 46, 48, via the corresponding tab formation 60A, 60B or otherwise, by ultrasonic welding or bonding.
  • the mounting body 12 also includes a respective securing formation 68, 70 which is located between one of the textile sensor receiving formations 16, 18 and a corresponding adjacent edge 72, 74 of the mounting body 12.
  • each securing formation 68, 70 includes a pair of apertures 76 which, in use, accommodate a securing stitch 78 (not shown in Figures 1(a) to 1(d)) to secure the mounting body 12, i.e.
  • the first mounting member 10 to, e.g. a sensing band 80 (also not shown in Figures 1 (a) to 1(d)) of a wearable monitor, and also retain a first end 82 of a corresponding textile sensor 22, as described in more detail below.
  • a sensing band 80 also not shown in Figures 1 (a) to 1(d) of a wearable monitor
  • the first mounting body 10 in use is able to move between a first configuration, e.g. as shown in Figure 1 (c), in which it adopts a substantially flat arrangement in which the processing unit retaining formation 42 is temporarily occluded, and a second configuration, e.g. as shown in Figure 1(d), in which the first mounting body 10 adopts an erect arrangement in which the processing unit retaining formation 42 is open to receive a said processing unit 44 (not shown in Figure 1 (d)).
  • a first configuration e.g. as shown in Figure 1 (c)
  • Figure 1(d) in which the first mounting body 10 adopts an erect arrangement in which the processing unit retaining formation 42 is open to receive a said processing unit 44 (not shown in Figure 1 (d)
  • a second mounting member according to a second embodiment of the invention is designated generally by reference numeral 200, and is shown assembled in Figure 2(a) and unassembled in Figure 2(b).
  • the second mounting member 200 shares features with the first mounting member 10 and such features have identical reference numerals.
  • the second mounting member 200 differs from the first mounting member 10 in that the processing unit retaining formation 42 includes third and fourth side walls 210, 212, and in that each of the third and fourth side walls 210, 212 is integrally formed with the first and second side walls 46, 48 and with the resiliently deformable membrane 50 to define the retaining chamber 52.
  • the resiliently deformable membrane 50 forms a roof 214 of the retaining chamber 52.
  • first, second, third and fourth side walls 46, 48, 210, 212 together with the roof 214 are therefore formed from the same material and, in this embodiment, are all resiliently deformable. In other embodiments of the invention (not shown) one or more of the first, second, third and fourth side walls 46, 48, 210, 212 may not be resiliently deformable by, e.g. having a greater thickness of material than that of the or each remaining side wall.
  • the second mounting member 200 differs from the first mounting member 10 also in that the resiliently deformable membrane 50, i.e. the roof 214, includes an opening 216 that is configured to receive a processing unit (not shown in Figures 2(a) or 2(b)).
  • the opening 216 has a substantially rectangular shape so as to match that of a top or bottom face of the processing unit.
  • the opening 216 includes first, second, third and fourth edges 218a, 218b, 218c, 218d that each extend between a pair of respective corners 220 of the opening 216.
  • the first and second edges 218a, 218b extend in a lengthwise direction L r relative to the roof 214 and correspond to a length-edge L e of a processing unit
  • the third and fourth edges 218c, 218d extend along a widthwise direction W r relative to the roof 214 and correspond to a width-edge W e of a processing unit.
  • the length-edge L e of the processing unit 44 is the edge of the processing unit 44 which gives the processing unit its length, i.e. the longest edge.
  • the width-edge W e of the processing unit 44 is the edge of the processing unit 44 which gives the processing unit 44 its width, i.e. the second shortest edge of the processing unit 44 or the shortest edge of the processing unit 44 if its width and depth are equal.
  • the opening 216 further includes a retention formation portion 222 extending along each of the third and fourth edges 218c, 218d.
  • Each of the retention formation portions 222 extend towards one another so as to form a lip 224 between respective pairs of corners 220.
  • the opening 216 may include additional retention formation portions 222 that extend along the first and second edges 218a, 218b.
  • the opening 216 may include retention formation portions 222 that extend along the first and second edges 218a, 218b instead of the third and fourth edges 218c, 218d.
  • the opening 216 may not include any retention formation portions 222.
  • the dimensions, i.e. the length and width, of the opening 216 are smaller than those of a processing unit to be inserted into the processing unit retaining formation 42.
  • the processing unit retaining formation 42 further includes an attachment formation 226 that is integrally formed with each of the side walls 46, 48, 210, 212.
  • the second mounting member 200 differs from the first mounting member 10 in that the mounting body 12 includes a separate base member 228 which is securable to the processing unit retaining formation 42 via the attachment formation 226.
  • each of the attachment formation 226 and base member 228 includes mutually engagable attachment formation portions (not shown in Figure 2(a)) which permit securing of the processing unit retaining formation 42 to the base member 228.
  • the attachment formation portions are holes 230 which are formed in each corner of the base member 228, and mutually engagable pegs (not shown) which extend from each corner of the attachment formation 226.
  • Other mutually engagable attachment formation portions may instead be used, preferably that permit detachment of the base member 228 from the attachment formation 226.
  • the attachment formation 226 extends fully around the perimeter of each of the side walls 46, 48, 210, 212 and has outer dimensions that match those of the base member 228. In other embodiments of the invention (not shown) the attachment formation 226 may instead extend only partially around the perimeter of each of the side walls 46, 48, 210, 212, e.g. at the corners of the side walls 46, 48, 210, 212. In further embodiments of the invention (not shown) the base member 228 and processing unit retaining formation 42 are integrally formed with one another to define a single-piece mount body 12.
  • the base member 228 is secured to the processing unit retaining formation 42 via the mutually engagable attachment formation portions of the attachment formation 226 and the base member 228.
  • a processing unit is then inserted into the retaining chamber 52 by manipulating the resiliently deformable side walls 46, 48, 210, 212 and roof 214 of the processing unit retaining formation 42 so as to permit insertion of the larger processing unit through the smaller opening 216.
  • the resiliently deformable member 50 i.e. the roof 214, urges the processing unit 44 into contact with the taught portion 20 of each textile sensor 22.
  • FIG. 3 shows a third mounting member 300 according to a third embodiment of the invention.
  • the third mounting member 300 is similar to the second mounting member 200 and like features share identical reference numerals.
  • the third mounting member 300 differs from the second mounting member 200 in that the resiliently deformable membrane 50, i.e. the roof 214, is devoid of an opening that is configured to receive a processing unit 44.
  • the third side wall 210 includes an opening 316 to receive the processing unit 44.
  • the opening 316 could instead be formed on the fourth side wall 212.
  • the opening 316 has a substantially rectangular shape so as to match that of an end face of the processing unit 44. To this end, the opening 316 includes first, second, third and fourth edges 318a, 318b, 318c, 318d that each extend between a pair of respective corners 320 of the opening 316.
  • the first and second edges 318a, 318b extend along a widthwise direction W sw in relation to the third side wall 210 and correspond to the width- edge W e of a processing unit
  • the third and fourth edges 318c, 318d extend along a height direction H sw in relation to the third side wall 210 and correspond to a depth-edge of D e a processing unit.
  • the depth-edge D e of the processing unit 44 is the edge of the processing unit 44 which gives the processing unit 44 its depth, i.e. the shortest edge.
  • the roof 214 includes a viewing aperture 310 which permits a portion of the processing unit 44 to be visible when it is inserted into the retaining chamber 52.
  • one of the first and second side walls 46, 48 may instead have an opening that is configured to receive the processing unit.
  • a processing unit 44 is inserted into the retaining chamber 52 by pushing one end thereof through the opening 316 and into the retaining chamber 52.
  • the resiliently deformable side walls 46, 48, 210, 212 and roof 214 are manipulated so that the processing unit 44 is fully inserted into the retaining chamber 52 with the roof 214 pushing the processing unit downwards to abut the base member 228, thus urging the processing unit 44 into contact with the taught portion 20 of each textile sensor 22.
  • the processing unit 44 abutting the base member 228 results in the processing unit 44 being sunken within the retaining chamber 52 relative to the opening 316, and so the processing unit 44 is held in position within the retaining chamber 52.
  • a wearable monitor 90 according to a fourth embodiment of the invention is shown in a partially assembled form in, e.g. Figure 4(a).
  • the wearable monitor 90 includes a sensing band 80, only a part of which is shown in Figure 4(a).
  • the sensing band 80 in use, extends against the body of a wearer, i.e. lies in contact with the body of a wearer, and has first and second mutually spaced textile sensors 22 (only one of which is shown in Figure 4(a)) and a mounting member 10 secured thereto.
  • the first mounting member 10 is shown secured to the sensing band 80 in Figure 4(a). However it will be understood that any of the first, second or third mounting members 10, 200, 300 can be secured to the sensing band 80.
  • Both the textile sensors 22 and the mounting member 10 are secured to the sensing band 90 by a single securing stitch 78 which extends through the pair of apertures 76 of the corresponding securing formation 68, 70 of the mounting body 12.
  • each textile sensor 22 is arranged to pass from a first side 92 of the mounting body 12 through the first parallel-spaced slot 28, across a second side 94 of the mounting body 12 and back to the first side 92 through the second parallel-spaced slot 30, so that the first end 82 of the textile sensor 22 lies between the corresponding securing formation 68, 70 of the mounting body 12 and the sensing band 80, as best shown in Figure 4(b).
  • the single securing stitch 78 is therefore able to pass through each of the pair of apertures 76 of the corresponding securing formation 68, 70, the first end 82 of a respective textile sensor 22 and the sensing band 80, as shown in Figure 4(b), in order to secure them to one another.
  • the single securing stitch 78 achieves this while having a minimal impact on a first side 96 of the sensing band 80, i.e. as shown in Figure 4(c). Such minimal impact is desirable since the first side 96 of the sensing band 80 lies directly against the body of a wearer during use of the wearable monitor 90.
  • Such securing of the respective textile sensors 22 and the mounting body 12 to the sensing band 80 also helps the corresponding textile sensor receiving formation 16, 18 of the mounting body 12 to hold a portion 20 of each textile sensor 22 taught.
  • the processing unit retaining formation 42 of the mounting member 10 selectively removeably retains a processing unit 44 in electrical contact with each retained taught portion 20 of the first and second textile sensors 22, as shown in figure 3(a).
  • the processing unit 44 may be provided with first and second contact elements 98, 100 (as shown in Figure 5(b)) which, when the processing unit 44 is retained by the processing unit retaining formation 42, are held in abutting contact, i.e. in electrical contact, with a corresponding retained taught portion 20 of the first and second textile sensors 22.
  • a sensing portion 102 of each textile sensor 22 lies adjacent to the first side 96 of the sensing band 80, as shown in Figure 6(a). In this way, in use the sensing portions 102 sit against the body of a wearer.
  • the mounting member 10 lies adjacent to a second side 104 of the sensing band 80, and so is spaced from the body of the wearer.
  • the sensing band 80 includes first and second textile sensor locating formations 106, 108 corresponding to each textile sensor 22.
  • Each textile sensor locating formation 106, 108 is defined by a perforation 110 in the sensing band 80.
  • the sensing band may have a different shape to that shown in Figures 6(a) and 6(b), and it may have a different configuration of textile sensor locating formations.
  • a second end 112 of each textile sensor 22 is fixedly secured at or adjacent to the corresponding second textile sensor locating formation 108 in order to constrain the position of the corresponding textile sensor 22 relative to the sensing band 80. Further stitching (not shown) may extend along each sensing portion 102 of the textile sensors 22 so as to more fully constrain them with respect to the sensing band 80.
  • One or both of the foregoing steps serves to positively locate the second end 1 12 of each textile sensor 22, and thereby help to retain the aforementioned portion 20 of each textile sensor taught in respect of the corresponding textile sensor receiving formation 16, 18 of the mounting body 12.
  • a garment 120 including a second wearable monitor 90' which is very similar to the first wearable monitor 90 described hereinabove, is shown in each of Figures 7(a), 7(b) and 8.
  • the garment 120 includes a concealed pocket 122, i.e. a pocket that is partially obscured or hidden, which incorporates the second wearable monitor 90'. More particularly, an interior portion 124 of the concealed pocket 122 incorporates a second sensing band 80' in the form an interior panel 126 of the concealed pocket 122.
  • the concealed pocket 122 and the associated interior panel 126, i.e. the second sensing band 80' that it defines, has the general shape shown in Figure 9. Otherwise, i.e. apart from its outer shape, the second sensing band 80' is identical to the first sensing band 80 (which is shown in dashed outline in Figure 9 by way of comparison).
  • the concealed pocket is centred about a midpoint 128 of a chest portion 130 of the garment 120.
  • the garment 120 includes a breast support arrangement 132 in the form of first and second breast cups 134, 136, and the concealed pocket 122 lies immediately below the breast support arrangement 132.
  • the concealed pocket 122 lies within a chest support band 138 that extends around the body of the wearer, although this need not necessarily be the case.
  • the concealed pocket 122 is selectively openable and closeable by way of a zipped opening 140, although other types of opening are also possible.
  • a zipped opening 140 When opened the concealed pocket 122 provided access to the mounting member 10 of the wearable monitor 90, as shown in Figure 8, and so permits a user to selectively insert or remove the processing unit 44 of the wearable monitor 90 from the processing unit retaining formation 42 of the mounting member 10.
  • the garment may take a different form, and need not necessarily include a breast support arrangement.

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L'invention concerne un élément de montage (10) pour un moniteur pouvant être porté (90) qui comprend au moins un capteur textile souple (22) et une unité de traitement (44) configurée pour recevoir et traiter des données provenant du capteur textile ou de chaque capteur textile (22), comprenant un corps de montage (12). Le corps de montage (12) comprend au moins un capteur textile recevant une formation (16, 18) pour recevoir et retenir dans une configuration apprise une partie (20) d'un capteur textile correspondant (22). Le corps de montage (12) comprend également une unité de traitement retenant la formation (42) pour recevoir une unité de traitement (44) d'un moniteur pouvant être porté (90) et retenir l'unité de traitement (44) en contact électrique avec la partie apprise retenue (20) du capteur textile ou de chaque capteur textile (22).
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