Wearable ultrasonic blood pressure monitor and use thereof

A wearable blood pressure monitoring patch for use with a mobile computing device, the wearable blood pressure monitoring patch comprising:

• a flexible housing which includes a contact surface;
• an adhesive on at least a part of the contact surface;
• an array of ultrasound transducers embedded in the flexible housing and facing the contact surface;
• a high-speed analogue to digital converter in electrical communication with the array of ultrasound transducers;
• and a microprocessor which includes a wireless radio for transmitting ultrasound data to the mobile computing device and is in electronic communication with the high speed analogue to digital converter.

A blood pressure monitoring system, the blood pressure monitoring system comprising a wearable patch, a mobile computing device and a remote computer, the wearable patch including:

• a flexible housing which includes a contact surface;
• an adhesive on at least a part of the contact surface;
• an array of ultrasound transducers embedded in the flexible housing and facing the contact surface;
• a high-speed analogue to digital converter in electrical communication with the array of ultrasound transducers;
• and a microprocessor which includes a wireless radio for transmitting ultrasound data to the mobile computing device and is in electronic communication with the high speed analogue to digital converter, the mobile computing device including:
• a memory;
• a processor;
• a wireless radio;
• and a screen, wherein the memory is configured to instruct the processor to send the ultrasound data to the remote computer and to display blood pressure data on the screen, and the remote computer including:
• a memory;
• a processor;
• and a wireless radio wherein the memory is configured for machine learning and to convert the ultrasound data into blood pressure data and send the blood pressure data to the mobile computing device.