Vibrating garment assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024180778-A1
Application number	US-202318397735-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 27, 2023
Priority date	May 7, 2019
Publication date	Jun 6, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A garment assembly includes a sleeve member having outer and inner surfaces, a first vibration assembly associated with the sleeve member, and a control module associated with the sleeve member. The first vibration assembly includes a plurality of vibration motors that are arranged in a circle about a center point. An angular distance between each vibration motor of the plurality of vibration motors is approximately the same. The control module includes a battery, and the first vibration assembly is in electrical communication with the control module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A washable garment assembly, comprising:
a sleeve member comprising: an inner surface; an outer surface; and a tunnel defined between the inner surface and the outer surface; a vibration assembly associated with the sleeve member and sealed between the inner surface and the outer surface, wherein the vibration assembly includes at least one vibration motor; a control module associated with the sleeve member and configured to control functions of the vibration assembly, wherein the control module is configured to communicate with a remote device; and a sensor configured to monitor biometric data of a user and configured to communicate with the control module, wherein the control module is configured to generate recommendation data based on the biometric data and control the vibration assembly based on the recommendation data.

2 . The washable garment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the control module comprises a wireless communication module configured to communicate with a software application on the remote device.

3 . The washable garment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured to monitor at least one of a heart rate, a heart rate variability, a blood oxygen letter, or a body part temperature.

4 . The washable garment assembly of claim 1 , wherein the biometric data is transmitted to the remote device for generating the recommendation data to the user, wherein the recommendation data includes a user notification of at least one of a recommended protocol to be performed by the washable garment assembly, a change to the recommended protocol, or a behavior recommendation.

5 . A garment therapy system, comprising:
a washable garment assembly comprising a network interface, wherein the washable garment assembly comprises a first sensor configured to monitor real-time tracking data of a user; a data source configured to receive and store aggregated biometric data, wherein the data source is connected to a second sensor for measuring biometric information; a remote device comprising application programs, wherein the remote device is configured to receive manual capture data input by the user; and an intelligence engine configured to receive and aggregate the real-time tracking data from the washable garment assembly, the biometric data from the data source, and the manual capture data from the remote device, wherein the intelligence engine is configured to generate recommendation data comprising a recommended protocol to be performed by the washable garment assembly.

6 . The garment therapy system of claim 5 , wherein the biometric data comprises at least one of a heart rate, a heart rate variability, a blood oxygen letter, a skin temperature, or a muscle temperature.

7 . The garment therapy system of claim 5 , wherein the recommendation data is provided to the washable garment assembly.

8 . The garment therapy system of claim 5 , wherein the recommendation data is generated from at least one of demographic data, activity data of the washable garment assembly, temporal data comprising timing of use of the washable garment assembly, analytics data corresponding to use of the washable garment assembly, or the biometric data.

9 . The garment therapy system of claim 8 , wherein the demographic data comprises at least one of a biological parameter of the user, an age of the user, a height of the user, or a weight of the user.

10 . The garment therapy system of claim 8 , wherein the activity data comprises at least one of a type of exercise activity, a volume of the exercise activity, an intensity of the exercise activity, or a trend in activity parameters over time.

11 . The garment therapy system of claim 8 , wherein the temporal data comprises at least one of an absolute time of an exercise routine of the user or a relative time of the exercise routine to a predetermined event.

12 . The garment therapy system of claim 5 , wherein the recommendation data comprises a user notification of at least one of the recommended protocol, a change to the recommended protocol, or a behavior recommendation.

13 . The garment therapy system of claim 5 , wherein the recommendation data is generated from a weighted scoring determination comprising at least one of a recovery determination score, a wellness determination score, or a behavior determination score.

14 . The garment therapy system of claim 13 , wherein based on the weighted scoring determination, the recommended protocol is modified to improve the recovery determination score, the wellness determination score, and the behavior determination score.

15 . The garment therapy system of claim 14 , wherein the recovery determination score includes a determination of how long a heart rate of the user returned to a restorative state.

16 . The garment therapy system of claim 14 , wherein the recovery determination score includes a determination of dietary intake and trends to determine an overall wellness score.

17 . The garment therapy system of claim 14 , wherein behavior determination score includes a determination of sleep metrics and trends to determine an overall behavior determination score.

18 . The garment therapy system of claim 5 , wherein the recommendation protocol comprises a routine for the garment assembly, the routine including a series of steps configured to be performed in a predetermined order.

19 . The garment therapy system of claim 5 , wherein the recommendation data comprises at least one of the recommended protocol, a behavior modification recommendation, or a wellness insight.

20 . A method of providing therapeutic effect of a washable garment assembly, the method comprising:
receiving manual capture data, real-time tracking data, application-based biometric data, and online health data; aggregating the manual capture data, the real-time tracking data, the biometric data, and the health data, each comprising at least one of demographic data, activity data of the garment assembly, temporal data comprising timing of use of the garment assembly, analytics data corresponding to use of the garment assembly, and biometric data; generating a weighted score based on at least one of the manual capture data, the real-time tracking data, the biometric data, or the health data, wherein the weighted score includes a recovery determination score, a wellness determination score, and a behavior determination score; generating recommendation data based on the aggregated data comprising a recommended protocol to be performed by the garment assembly; modifying the recommended protocol to improve the recovery determination score, the wellness determination score, and the behavior determination score; and notifying the recommendation data to a user of the garment assembly.

Assignees

• Therabody Inc

Inventors

• Merino Eduardo
• Nazarian Benjamin
• Sanchez Solana Jaime

Classifications

• A61H23/0254 Primary

  with rotary motor · CPC title

• A41D27/10

  Sleeves; Armholes · CPC title

• A41D2400/322

  Massage · CPC title

• A61H2023/0272

  multiple masses each rotated by an individual motor · CPC title

• A61H2201/165

  Wearable interfaces · CPC title