US 2,014,073,486 · Filed 2013-09-04

The Wearable Heart Monitor That Ditched the Chest Strap

Imagine a lightweight device you wear that constantly tracks your heart rate, body temperature, and stress levels without needing an uncomfortable chest strap. It automatically scores how hard you're working out and how well you're recovering, giving you real feedback on your fitness routine.

The plain-English version

What it protects

The claim covers a wearable physiological measurement system that collects heart rate and other health data continuously without requiring a chest strap, along with the software that automatically interprets this data to calculate intensity scores during exercise and recovery scores afterward. What's protected here is the combination of the lightweight wearable hardware, the continuous data collection method, and the automated interpretation algorithms that turn raw measurements into actionable fitness insights.

Why it matters

This patent protects the core technology that enables modern fitness wearables—the ability to monitor cardiovascular health continuously from your wrist or body without the bulky chest straps that were standard in earlier heart rate monitors. By removing that friction point, it opened the door for mainstream adoption of continuous health monitoring devices, which became a major category in consumer fitness electronics.

Real-world use

Every time someone checks their Apple Watch, Fitbit, or similar wearable to see how many calories they burned during a run or how recovered they are the next morning, they're relying on technology descended from this patent's core ideas.

Original USPTO abstract

Embodiments provide physiological measurement systems, devices and methods for continuous health and fitness monitoring. A lightweight wearable system is provided to collect various physiological data continuously from a wearer without the need for a chest strap. The system also enables monitoring of one or more physiological parameters in addition to heart rate including, but not limited to, body temperature, heart rate variability, motion, sleep, stress, fitness level, recovery level, effect of a workout routine on health, caloric expenditure. Embodiments also include computer-executable instructions that, when executed, enable automatic interpretation of one or more physiological parameters to assess the cardiovascular intensity experienced by a user (embodied in an intensity score or indicator) and the user's recovery after physical exertion (embodied in a recovery score). These indicators or scores may be displayed to assist a user in managing the user's health and exercise regimen.

Patent details

Publication number
US 2,014,073,486
Filing date
2013-09-04
Grant date
Application — not yet granted
Assignee
Bobo Analytics, Inc.
Inventor(s)
AHMED WILLIAM, CAPODILUPO JOHN, NICOLAE AURELIAN
CPC class
G16H20/30

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