1. A system for sending medical emergency alerts comprising:
a device body adapted to be attached to a user;
an accelerometer connected to the device body;
a wireless communications module;
a user interface;
a processor in communication with the accelerometer, the wireless communications module, and the user interface;
a memory in communication with the processor, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to
receive acceleration data from the accelerometer,
analyze the acceleration data to determine if a fall condition is present, and
when the fall condition is present, communicate, via the wireless communication module, an alert to a caregiver mobile device, wherein the alert is adapted to indicate that the user wearing the device body has fallen.
2. The system of claim 1, further including a positioning sensor in communication with the processor, wherein the memory includes further instructions that cause the processor to:
receive a geofence via the wireless communication module,
receive a current location from the positioning sensor, and
when the current location is outside the geofence, communicate a geofence alert to the caregiver mobile device.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the device body includes a vibrating motor, wherein the vibrating motor vibrates when the user leaves the geofence.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless communications module, the user interface, the processor, and the memory are connected to the device body.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless communications module, the user interface, the processor, and the memory are connected to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is distinct from the device body.
6. The system of claim 1, further including a clock in communication with the processor, wherein the memory includes instructions to:
receive a medication schedule, wherein the medication schedule includes a medicine name and a medication time,
wherein the memory includes instructions to:
receive a current time from the clock,
when the current time matches the medication time, displaying a medication reminder on the user interface including the medication name, wherein the medication reminder includes a request to the user to confirm that a medication has been taken, wherein the request is satisfied when the user performs a predefined action,
when the user interface has not detected the action after a predetermined period of time after displaying the medication reminder, communicate a medicine alert to the caregiver mobile device, wherein the medicine alert includes a notification of the user’s failure to confirm that the medication has been taken.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the memory further includes instruction to:
when the user interface detects the action, communicate, to the caregiver mobile device, a medicine confirmation alert adapted to notify a caregiver that the medication has been taken.
8. The system of claim 1, further including a mobile telephone unit in communication with the processor, wherein the mobile telephone unit is adapted to provide mobile telephone call functionality, wherein when the fall condition is present, initiating a mobile telephone call with an emergency service line.
9. The system of claim 1, further including a mobile telephone unit in communication with the processor, wherein the mobile telephone unit is adapted to provide mobile telephone call functionality, wherein when the fall condition is present, initiating a mobile telephone call with the caregiver mobile device.
10. The system of claim 1, further including a pedometer in communication with the processor.
11. The system of claim 1, further including a heart rate monitor in communication with the processor.
12. A system for sending medical emergency alerts comprising:
a device body adapted to be attached to a user;
an accelerometer connected to the device body;
a first mobile device including a first wireless communication module, a first user interface, a first memory, and a first processor in communication with the first wireless communication module, the first user interface, and the first memory;
a second wireless communications module;
a second user interface;
a second processor in communication with the accelerometer, the wireless communications module, and the user interface;
a second memory in communication with the processor, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to
receive acceleration data from the accelerometer,
analyze the acceleration data to determine if a fall condition is present, and
when the fall condition is present, communicate, via the second wireless communication module, an alert to the first mobile device, wherein the alert is adapted to indicate that the user wearing the device body has fallen; and
wherein the first memory includes instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to
receive the alert via the second wireless communication device, and
display a notification of the alert via the first user interface.
13. The system of claim 1, further including a positioning sensor in communication with the second processor, wherein the first memory includes further instructions that cause the first processor to:
receive one or more inputs defining a geofence, and
communicate the geofence to the second processor via the first wireless communication module, and
wherein the second memory includes further instructions that cause the second processor to:
receive the geofence via the second wireless communication module,
receive a current location from the positioning sensor, and
when the current location is outside the geofence, communicate a geofence alert to the first processor, wherein the first processor displays a geofence alert notification on the first user interface.
14. The system of claim 1, wherein the second wireless communications module, the second user interface, the second processor, and the second memory are connected to the device body.
15. The system of claim 1, wherein the second wireless communications module, the second user interface, the second processor, and the second memory are connected to a second mobile device, wherein the second mobile device is distinct from the device body.
16. The system of claim 1, further including a clock in communication with the second processor, wherein at least one of the second memory and the first memory include instruction to:
receive a medication schedule, wherein the medication schedule includes a medicine name and a medication time,
wherein the second memory includes instructions to:
receive a current time from the clock,
when the current time matches the medication time, display a medication reminder on the second user interface including the medication name, wherein the reminder includes a request to the user to confirm that the medication has been taken, wherein the request is satisfied when the user performs an action,
when the second user interface has not detected the action after a predetermined period of time after displaying the medication reminder, communicate a medicine alert to the first mobile device, wherein the medicine alert includes a notification of the user’s failure to confirm that the medication has been taken.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the second memory further includes instruction to:
when the second user interface detects the action, communicate a medicine confirmation alert to the first mobile device.
18. The system of claim 1, further including a mobile telephone unit in communication with the second processor, wherein the mobile telephone unit is adapted to provide mobile telephone call functionality, wherein when the fall condition is present, initiating a mobile telephone call with an emergency service line.
19. The system of claim 1, further including a second mobile telephone unit in communication with the second processor, further including a first mobile telephone unit in communication with the first processor, wherein the second mobile telephone unit and the first mobile telephone unit are adapted to provide mobile telephone call functionality, wherein, when the fall condition is present, initiating a mobile telephone call between the second mobile telephone unit and the first mobile telephone unit.
20. The system of claim 1, further including a pedometer in communication with the second processor.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for preparing a sulfur silane comprising reacting an alkoxysilane acetal with a sulfurating agent in the presence of a catalyst.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said sulfur-containing silane has the formula R1x(R2O)3-xSiRCR3(Y)jSn(X)j where R is a saturated or unsaturated linear, branched, or cyclic divalent hydrocarbon group of 2 to 12 carbon atoms optionally containing divalent O or S linkages; R1 is an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an aryl group of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl or alkaryl group of 7 to 13 carbon atoms; each R2 can be R1 or the 2 R2 groups taken together form an R group so as to form a ring; R3 is a hydrogen atom or R1; R4 is R3, RSH, or RsiR1x(OR2)3-x; x is an integer having a value of 0, 1, or 2, n is an integer having a value of 1 to 4; j0 or 1, when n1, j1, when n>1, j0, X is R4 and Y is SR4 or OR2, or alternatively X and Y taken together are SR which forms a 1,3-dithiacycloalkane ring with the carbon bearing R3 when n1, or X and Y are both hydrogen atoms when n1 and R4 is a hydrogen atom.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein R is a saturated linear or branched divalent hydrocarbon group of 2 or 3 carbon atoms; R1 is a methyl group; R2 is R1, an ethyl group, or 2 R2 groups taken together form an R group; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R4 is a hydrogen atom, the group RSH, or the group RSiR1x(OR2)3-x; and x is an integer having a value of 0 or 1; n is an integer having a value of 1 or 3.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein said alkoxysilane acetal is selected from the group consisting of (MeO)3SiCH2CH2CH(OMe)2, Me(MeO)2SiCH2CH2CH(OMe)2, (MeO)3SiCH2CHMeCH(OMe)2, Me(MeO)2SiCH2CHMeCH(OMe)2, (EtO)3SiCH2CH2CH(OMe)2, Me(EtO)2SiCH2CH2CH(OMe)2, (EtO)3SiCH2CH2CH(OEt)2, and Me(EtO)2SiCH2CH2CH(OEt)2, and said sulfurating agent is selected from the group of hydrogen sulfide, HSRSH and HSRSiR1x(OR2)3-x, and sulfur.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the catalyst is selected from the group of Bronsted acids and Lewis acids in liquid or solid form and is at a concentration of 0.05 to 5 wt-% of the combined reactants.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the sulfurating agent is hydrogen sulfide or sulfur in the presence of hydrogen gas and a reduction catalyst and the major product is HSRSiR1x(OR2)3-x. where R is a saturated linear or branched divalent hydrocarbon group, R1 is a methyl group, R2 is a methyl group or an ethyl group, and x is an integer having a value of 0 or 1.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the reduction catalyst is cobalt polysulfide and the major product is HS(CH2)3Si(OMe)3.
8. The method according to claim 7 additionally comprising the step of removing alcohol from the sulfur silane following the reaction.
9. A silane selected from the group consisting of:
R1x(R2O)3-xSiRC(R3)2ScRSi(OR2)3-xR1x wherein R is a c1 valent hydrocarbon and c1 to 3;
R1x(R2O)3-xSiRC(R3)(OR2)S2R;
R1x(R2O)3-xSiRC(R3)2SRSH;
R1x(R2O)3-xSiRCR3()S()q wherein q>2, and
R1x(R2O)3-xSiR-cyclo(C(R3)SRS).
10. A silane according to claim 9 of the formula R1x(R2O)3-xSiRC(R3)2ScRSi(OR2)3-xR1x wherein R is a c1 valent hydrocarbon and c1 to 3.
11. A silane according to claim 9 of the formula R1x(R2O)3-xSiRC(R3)(OR2)S2R.
12. A silane according to claim 9 of the formula R1x(R2O)3-xSiRC(R3)2SRSH.
13. A silane according to claim 9 of the formula R1x(R2O)3-xSiRCR3()S()q wherein q>2.
14. A silane according to claim 9 of the formula R1x(R2O)3-xSiR-cyclo(C(R3)SRS).
15. A silane according to claim 9 selected from the group consisting of
(MeO)3Si(CH2)2CH(SCH2)2;(EtO)3Si(CH2)2CHSCH2CHMeS;
(MeO)3Si(CH2)2CH(SCH2)2CH2;
Me(MeO)2Si(CH2)2CH(SCH2)2;
(MeO)3SiCH2CHMeCH(SCH2)2; (MeO)3Si(CH2)3SCHCHCH2Si(OMe)3;
(MeO)3Si(CH2)3S2CH(CH2)2Si(OMe)3; (MeO)3Si(CH2)2CH(OMe)S(CH2)2SH;
(MeO)3Si(CH2)2CHS3; Me(MeO)2Si(CH2)2CHS3; (MeO)3Si(CH2)2CH(OMe)SCH22, (EtO)3Si(CH2)2CHS3; and (MeO)3Si(CH2)3S(CH2)2SH.
16. A rubber composition comprising rubber, silica and a silane of claim 9.