A vitals monitoring apparatus coupled with a set of handcuffs comprising:
- (a) a housing structure having an exterior and interior, adapted to be coupled and uncoupled with the set of handcuffs used by a law enforcement official for detainment of a wearer, the interior of the housing structure containing a plurality of modules and units, the exterior of the housing structure constructed to generally have a complimentary shape to the set of handcuffs, the exterior of the housing structure configured to contact the wearer's wrist while the set of handcuffs is engaged in a locked position on the wearer's wrist during detainment, and the housing structure being constructed to allow access to the set of handcuff's locking mechanism;
- (b) a first sensor module having an interior portion of the first sensor module located within the interior of the housing structure and an exterior portion of the first sensor module protruding through the exterior of the housing structure, the exterior portion of the first sensor module making contact with the wearer's wrist while the set of handcuffs is engaged in the locked position on the wearer, and the first sensor module comprising an SpO2 sensor adapted to measure a first vitals measurement;
- (c) a second sensor module having an interior portion of the second sensor module located within the interior of the housing structure and an exterior portion of the second sensor module protruding through the exterior of the housing structure, the exterior portion of the second sensor module making contact with the wearer's wrist while the set of handcuffs is engaged in the locked position on the wearer, the second sensor module comprising a second sensor, other than the SpO2 sensor, adapted to measure a second vitals measurement, and wherein this sensor is selected from the group consisting of a photoplethysmography sensor, a bioimpedance sensor, a dermal temperature sensor, an electrocardiogram sensor, and an electrodermal activity sensor;
- (d) a controller unit that is located within the interior of the housing structure, the controller unit being configured to relay instructional programs to the modules and units which cause the modules and units to operate, the controller unit receiving the first vitals measurement and the second vitals measurement from the first sensor module and second sensor module, respectively, and, upon detection of at least one of the first vitals measurement and the second vitals measurement outside of given parameters, producing at least one corresponding output signal related to the wearer's at least one of the first vitals measurement and the second vitals measurement outside of given parameters;
- (e) a communication unit that is located within the interior of the housing structure and receives the at least one corresponding output signal from the controller unit and is adapted to relay the at least one corresponding output signal to the law enforcement official to alert the law enforcement official of the wearer's medical issue via a speaker;
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- (f) a rechargeable power unit located within the interior of the housing structure that is accessed by a port on the exterior of the housing structure, provides power to the vitals monitoring handcuff apparatus's other modules and units, and having a receiver which connects with an exterior power source via the port.