Controlling a wearable cuff
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsPAUL AELEN, MAARTEN PETRUS JOSEPH KUENEN
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Abstract
There is provided an apparatus for controlling a wearable cuff for use in measuring blood pressure, wherein the wearable cuff is inflatable to pressurize a measurement site of a subject. The apparatus is configured to initiate the inflation of the wearable cuff at a first inflation speed and change the first inflation speed during inflation of the wearable cuff. The first inflation speed is changed at a rate that is limited to a maximum value.
Claims15
An apparatus for controlling a wearable cuff for use in measuring blood pressure, wherein the wearable cuff is inflatable to pressurize a measurement site of a subject and the apparatus is configured to:
- initiate the inflation of the wearable cuff at a first inflation speed;
- and
- change the first inflation speed during inflation of the wearable cuff, wherein the first inflation speed is changed at a rate that is limited to a maximum value.
A method of controlling a wearable cuff for use in measuring blood pressure, wherein the wearable cuff is inflatable to pressurize a measurement site of a subject, the method comprising:
- initiating the inflation of the wearable cuff at a first inflation speed;
- and
- changing the first inflation speed during inflation of the wearable cuff, wherein the first inflation speed is changed at a rate that is limited to a maximum value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.