10 Apparatus for use on the body for monitoring patient status, namely, portable medical devices with sensors to monitor the physical movements of a patient wearing the device, patient monitoring sensors and alarms; sensors for medical use, namely, biofeedback sensors, respiratory sensors; sensor apparatus for medical use, namely, gathering, monitoring, detecting, recognizing, storing, transmitting and assessing biometric and physiological data, muscular movements of the face and body, voices, human behavior, and signals of the nature and severity of physical sensations and pain; monitoring components and devices for gathering biometric and physiological data, namely, heart rate monitoring apparatus, medical apparatus and instruments for monitoring oxymetory, gas analysis, vital signs, blood properties and respiratory events, respiration monitors, pulse rate monitors, patient monitoring sensors and alarms, blood pressure monitors; automated analysers for body fluids for medical use, namely, apparatus for blood analysis, medical diagnostic instruments for the analysis of body fluids; pulse meters; heart monitors; blood pressure monitors; medical devices for treating sleep disorders, namely, sleep monitors for medical use to observe vital body functions; body composition monitors; body function monitoring apparatus for medical purposes, namely, patient medical monitors for monitoring blood pressure, heart rate and lung function; electro-mechanical apparatus for medical use in measuring the body functions, namely, electro-mechanical patient medical monitors for monitoring blood pressure, heart rate and lung function; electronic apparatus for medical use in monitoring body functions, namely, electronic patient medical monitors for monitoring blood pressure, heart rate and lung function; patient monitoring sensors and alarms, namely, sensor apparatus for medical use in generating signals in response to movements of the human body; electrical devices for medical use, namely, gathering, monitoring, detecting, recognizing, storing, transmitting and assessing biometric and physiological data, muscular movements of the face and body, voices, human behavior, and signals of the nature and severity of physical sensations and pain