Monitoring apparatus and methods for measuring physiological and/or environmental conditions

SF LeBoeuf, JB Tucker, ME Aumer - US Patent 9,750,462, 2017 - Google Patents
A monitoring apparatus includes a wearable electronic device having an audio port and a
headset having at least one earbud, at least one physiological and/or environmental sensor …

Methods and apparatus for improving signal quality in wearable biometric monitoring devices

ME Aumer, SF LeBoeuf - US Patent 9,794,653, 2017 - Google Patents
A wearable biometric monitoring device is configured to assess the biometric signal quality
of one or more sensors associated with the monitoring device, determine how the user …

System and method for removing artifacts from waveforms

L Li, P Mannheimer - US Patent 7,725,147, 2010 - Google Patents
A technique is provided for processing a physiological signal to compensate for artifacts.
The technique includes identifying artifacts within the physiological signal. The technique …

Physiological monitoring devices with adjustable signal analysis and interrogation power and monitoring methods using same

SF LeBoeuf, JB Tucker, ME Aumer, SM Just… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A monitoring device configured to be attached to a body of a subject includes a sensor
configured to detect and/or measure physiological information from the subject, and a …

Wearable light-guiding devices for physiological monitoring

SF LeBoeuf, JB Tucker, ME Aumer - US Patent 8,989,830, 2015 - Google Patents
A monitoring device configured to be attached to the body of a subject includes an outer
layer and an inner layer secured together. The inner layer includes light transmissive …

Apparatus and methods for estimating time-state physiological parameters

SF LeBoeuf - US Patent 9,427,191, 2016 - Google Patents
A method of determining a value of a physiological parameter for a subject at a selected
state includes obtaining, via a device attached to the subject, a value of the physiological …

Systems and methods for variable filter adjustment by heart rate metric feedback

ED Romesburg - US Patent 9,801,552, 2017 - Google Patents
A physiological signal processing system for a physiological waveform that includes a
cardiovascular signal component provides a variable high pass filter that is responsive to the …

System and method for pre-processing waveforms

L Li, S Amundson, MP O'neil - US Patent 7,725,146, 2010 - Google Patents
A technique is provided for processing a physiological signal. The technique includes
performing one or more multi-resolution decompositions on a physiological signal and one …

Physiological monitoring methods

SF LeBoeuf, JB Tucker, ME Aumer - US Patent 9,131,312, 2015 - Google Patents
A method of monitoring a subject via an earbud module includes positioning the earbud
module within an ear of the subject such that a sensor region thereof matingly engages a …

Method and apparatus for measuring breathing rate

L Tarassenko, S Fleming - US Patent App. 12/452,900, 2010 - Google Patents
An example method and apparatus for measuring the breathing rate from the
photoplethysmogram signal (PPG) uses auto-regressive modelling of the signal. The PPG …