Personal health monitor enclosure
OwnerWilliam Fanginventor
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Abstract
In a personal health monitor of the type which includes a personal computer capable of implementing a program to determine one or more clinical parameters of the patient and further in which the personal computer includes a display screen portion that folds up from a keyboard portion, an improvement including a housing having a compartment of a size to contain the keyboard portion of the personal computer and to allow the display screen portion of the personal computer to extend above the housing, a keyboard cover capable of covering the keyboard portion of the personal computer in order to prevent access to the keyboard portion of the personal computer and maintain the display screen portion up from the keyboard portion and an input panel capable of conveying input to the personal computer.
Claims19
In a personal health monitor of the type comprising a personal computer capable of implementing a program to determine one or more clinical parameters of a patient and further in which the personal computer includes a display screen portion that folds up from a keyboard portion, an improvement comprising:
- a housing that comprises:
- a first compartment of a size adapted to contain the keyboard portion of the personal computer and allow the display screen portion of the personal computer to extend above said first compartment,
- a keyboard cover capable of covering the keyboard portion of the personal computer while the display screen portion of the personal computer is extended into position above said first compartment in order to prevent access to the keyboard portion while the display screen portion is viewable by the patient, and
- an input panel located outside of said first compartment and capable of conveying input signals from the patient to the personal computer.
A housing for a personal health monitor comprising:
- a first compartment of a size adapted to contain the keyboard portion of a laptop personal computer and allow the display screen portion of the laptop personal computer to extend above said first compartment,
- a keyboard cover capable of covering the keyboard portion of the laptop personal computer while the display screen portion of the personal computer is extended into position above said first compartment in order to prevent access to the keyboard portion while the display screen portion is viewable, and
- an input panel capable of conveying input signals to the laptop personal computer.
The housing of 17 further comprising:
- a second compartment for containing one or more sensors capable of determining one or more physiological parameters of a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.