APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A BODY PART - KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV

Title:

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A BODY PART

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/045689

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

An apparatus for measuring a characteristic of a body part, such as an infant's head, includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of sensing elements provided along the substrate, and an electronic system. Each of the sensing elements (i) has a component wherein an electrical characteristic of the component changes predictably in response to the component being bent, and (ii) provides a signal that is indicative of the current value of the electrical characteristic. The electronic system is structured to receive the signal of each sensing element and determine a measure of a degree of curvature of the sensing element based on the received signal. The electronic system is also structured to determine, based one or more of the measures, a representation of a curvature of a segment, such as a loop, defined by a selected one or more of the sensing elements.

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Inventors:

EATON JASON PAUL (US)

Application Number:

PCT/IB2010/054142

Publication Date:

June 23, 2011

Filing Date:

September 14, 2010

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Assignee:

KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV (NL)
EATON JASON PAUL (US)

International Classes:

A61B5/103; A61B5/107; G01B7/28

Domestic Patent References:

WO2007012068A2

2007-01-25

Foreign References:

US6127672A	2000-10-03
EP1867271A1	2007-12-19
US20020087101A1	2002-07-04

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