Noninvasive Systems and Methods For Monitoring Health Characteristics

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A wearable system and method for providing BCG data from a user including a wearable sensor configured to receive cardiogenic surface vibration waveforms, a calibrating sensor configured to receive cardiogenic center-of-mass (COM) vibration waveforms, and a processor configured to use the COM vibration waveforms as a template for modifying the surface vibration waveforms to provide health-related outputs. A systematic approach for elucidating the relationship between surface vibrations of the body in the head-to-foot direction from the wearable sensor, and the movements of the whole body as measured by the calibrating sensor is disclosed. Additionally, a methodology for converting the wearable acceleration signals to BCG signals such that the same analysis and interpretation tools can be used for both measurements is presented. High-resolution measurements of the surface accelerations of the body related to the heartbeat with a low weight accelerometer will minimally load the measurement in the transverse direction.
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10/20/2020
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