Our patent is a wearable tech device that monitors sweat, heart rate, temperature, and other factors in order to track the body's sympathetic and parasympathetic pathways and display the person's response to stimuli. The patent is for a fabric that stretches over a certain part of the body - currently it is designed to be a glove, but our research shows that a strap that goes across the palm and then the wrist would also be technologically feasible. The band uses a technology called GSR - galvanized skin reading - in order to measure the body's response to different stimuli using an electric current. It also measures skin resistance and sweat resistance, both of which change when a person is exposed to various stimuli that increase put stress on the body. This tech is very very sensitive to even small changes - one video we watched showed that it can pick up even small disturbances - a person who was wearing it was lightly punched on the arm, and the graph showed a spike, indicating the body's reaction. This makes it extremely feasible as a device to track a person's mental/emotional health throughout the day, as it can pick up on even subtle moments of stress/reaction in people.
This patent is still pending, so we cannot list the claims in details.
The business potential of this patent is simple - we are essentially selling information about how the human body responds to various stimuli throughout the day, and there are a number of parties that would be interested in using that information for some benefit. The first types of customers would be those who would use it to improve their own health or the health of a loved one. This category would include people who have kids or loved ones with mental health illnesses like PTSD or autism. This device was actually designed for people with ASD for a few reasons - one important one being that people with autism often have episodes of panic or stress. However, leading up these episodes, there are several telltale signs (increased heart rate, elevated stress levels, changes in sweat, etc.) that could be tracked by this technology. Thus, parents, teachers, or even people with ASD themselves could notice when such an episode was going to occur and take steps to prevent it. It can be similarly used for people with PTSD. The second types of customers would be hospitals and mental health rehabilitation facilities - they can use this type of product to better track and provide care for all of their patients. The final market we could expand into is the media/advertising market. Companies, film producers, etc. can have test subjects wear the band and then display different types of advertisements, media, and track the subjects response. This would be a more effective way for them to determine what kind of imagery elicits a positive response in people, and, therefore, more effectively sells products.
This patent is still pending, so we cannot list the claims in details.
The business potential of this patent is simple - we are essentially selling information about how the human body responds to various stimuli throughout the day, and there are a number of parties that would be interested in using that information for some benefit. The first types of customers would be those who would use it to improve their own health or the health of a loved one. This category would include people who have kids or loved ones with mental health illnesses like PTSD or autism. This device was actually designed for people with ASD for a few reasons - one important one being that people with autism often have episodes of panic or stress. However, leading up these episodes, there are several telltale signs (increased heart rate, elevated stress levels, changes in sweat, etc.) that could be tracked by this technology. Thus, parents, teachers, or even people with ASD themselves could notice when such an episode was going to occur and take steps to prevent it. It can be similarly used for people with PTSD. The second types of customers would be hospitals and mental health rehabilitation facilities - they can use this type of product to better track and provide care for all of their patients. The final market we could expand into is the media/advertising market. Companies, film producers, etc. can have test subjects wear the band and then display different types of advertisements, media, and track the subjects response. This would be a more effective way for them to determine what kind of imagery elicits a positive response in people, and, therefore, more effectively sells products.
Hi Viraj,
ReplyDeleteNice blog but missing a few of the latest posts. Your writing style is strong, content is good and useful. Please make it current if you can.
Will do - have been lagging behind on a few of these last posts, but will make sure to get those up ASAP. Thanks for the feedback!
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