US 10,238,301 B2Granted

Vital monitoring device, system, and method

AssigneeAvidhrt, Inc.

InventorsChandana Prabode Weebadde, Victor Karthik, Robert Alan Frank, Brian Collins

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Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to a portable vital monitoring system and a method for monitoring an individual's vitals using a portable vital monitoring system. The portable vital monitoring system includes a stand-alone portable vital monitoring device that allows the individual to detect or measure the individual's vitals. The stand-alone device includes a plurality of sensing devices for detecting data indicative of the individual's vitals and generating one or more signals indicative of the vital data. The system also includes a control unit connected to the sensing devices for processing the signal such that the data can be displayed to and understood by the individual. The system also includes a vital monitoring application in wireless communication with the vital monitoring device via a wireless communication module.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A vital monitoring device comprising:

(a) a housing defining a disc-like structure extending from an upper surface to a lower surface and having a side portion, the housing enclosing a control unit, the control unit including a microprocessor provided on a circuit board having a plurality of channels formed on the circuit board operable for receiving and processing sensor data, each of the plurality of channels coupled to the microprocessor;
(b) a pulse oximetry sensor, an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, and a temperature sensor provided in the housing and exposed on an exterior surface of the housing and each sensor electronically coupled to a separate and distinct channel formed on the circuit board;
(c) a wireless communication module provided in the housing coupled to the microprocessor, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to transmit vital data obtained by the plurality of sensors to a remote device having a remote application or remote server;
(d) a first finger depression and a second finger depression formed on the upper surface of the housing and shaped to receive a first and a second finger of one hand of a user, respectively;
and
(e) a third finger placement location formed on the side portion of the housing configured to receive a third finger of an opposite hand of the user;
wherein the pulse oximetry sensor is exposed and positioned within the first finger depression, and
wherein the temperature sensor and a first electrode coupled to the ECG sensor are exposed and positioned within the second finger depression and a second electrode coupled to the ECG sensor is exposed and positioned at the third finger placement location to close a circuit for the ECG sensor.

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A system for vital monitoring of a user, the system comprising:

(a) a vital monitoring device comprising:
(i) a housing defining a disc-like structure extending from an upper surface to a lower surface and having a side portion, the housing enclosing a control unit, the control unit including a microprocessor provided on a circuit board having a plurality of channels formed on the circuit board operable for receiving and processing sensor data, each of the plurality of channels coupled to the microprocessor;
(ii) a pulse oximetry sensor, an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, and a temperature sensor provided in the housing and exposed on an exterior surface of the housing and each sensor electronically coupled to a separate and distinct channel formed on the circuit board;
(iii) a wireless communication module provided in the housing coupled to the microprocessor, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to transmit vital data obtained by the pulse oximetry sensor, ECG sensor, and temperature sensor;
(iv) a first finger depression and a second finger depression formed on the upper surface of the housing and shaped to receive a first and a second finger of one hand of a user, respectively;
and
(v) a third finger placement location formed on the side portion of the housing configured to receive a third finger of an opposite hand of the user;
wherein the pulse oximetry sensor is exposed and positioned within the first finger depression, and wherein the temperature sensor and a first electrode coupled to the ECG sensor are exposed and positioned within the second finger depression and a second electrode coupled to the ECG sensor is exposed and positioned at the third finger placement location to close a circuit for the ECG sensor;
(b) a remote device having a remote application configured to wirelessly communicate with the vital monitoring device and receive the vital data transmitted by the wireless communication module;
and
(c) a graphical user interface provided on the remote device and configured to display vital data obtained by the vital monitoring device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/814,084Filed 15 Nov 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 15 Nov 2016
Published: US 2018/0132735 A117 May 2018
Granted: 26 Mar 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

A61B 5/02055
Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition:…
A61B 5/0006
Characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted: eCG or EEG signals
A61B 5/0008
Characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted: temperature signals
A61B 5/01
Measuring for diagnostic purposes ; Identification of persons: measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for…