Portable monitoring apparatus with over the air programming and sampling volume collection cavity

A monitoring system for monitoring a condition of an associated human, the monitoring system comprising:

• a bracelet having a housing and a strap for connecting the bracelet with a body part of the associated human being monitored;
• an electronic monitoring circuit disposed in said housing, the electronic monitoring circuit including:
• a first sensor for detecting a condition of said human being monitored and generating a first signal based on the detected condition,
• a first memory storing a first executable program defining a first control algorithm,
• a second memory storing data relating to said condition of the human being monitored,
• a processor operatively coupled with the first sensor and with the first and second memories, the processor being configured to execute the first executable program for controlling the electronic monitoring circuit according to said first control algorithm to generate condition data based on said first signal and relating to the detected condition of the human being monitored and store the condition data in the second memory,
• a transmitter operatively associated with the processor for selectively transmitting said condition data from the housing as a first transmitted signal, and
• a receiver operatively associated with the processor for selectively receiving a command signal as a first received signal;
• and,
• a monitoring network having at least one receiving circuit receiving said first transmitted signal and at least one transmitting circuit transmitting said command signal, the processor of said electronic monitoring system being responsive to the command signal from the monitoring network to execute a second executable program different from the first executable program for controlling the electronic monitoring circuit according to a second control algorithm different from the first control algorithm.