Device and method having automatic user-responsive and user-specific physiological-meter platform
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing a CPU and a memory circuit with user-corresponding data stored in the memory circuit, and a platform over which a plurality of electrodes are interleaved and configured and arranged for engaging a user, wherein the platform is configured and arranged with at least three electrodes for carrying out leg and foot impedance cardiovascular measurements via the feet of the user and is further configured and arranged with a display integrated in the platform for conveying cardiovascular information to the user while the user is on the platform;
while the plurality of electrodes are concurrently contacting a limb of the user, operating circuitry configured for automatically obtaining a plurality of measurement signals from the plurality of electrodes, including fiducial cardiovascular timings corresponding to blood pulsations flowing down a leg and a foot of the user, the circuitry having a reduced power-consumption mode of operation and at least one higher power-consumption mode of operation;
before obtaining a plurality of measurement signals by operating the circuitry, using a signal-sense circuit to sense signals indicative of the user approaching or engaging the platform and, in response, causing the circuitry to transition from the reduced power-consumption mode of operation and at least one higher power-consumption mode of operation; and
after the circuitry is operating in the at least one higher power-consumption mode of operation, causing the CPU to access the user-corresponding data stored in the memory circuit and thereafter cause a plurality of impedance-measurement signals to be obtained by using the at least three electrodes while they are contacting the user via the platform, and selecting certain of the electrodes under the platform for measurement results in response to a quality of the plurality of impedance-measurement signals collected, and, therefrom, via the CPU, generating signals corresponding to cardiovascular timings of the user and sending output signals as derived from the collected impedance-measurement signals for review of the user'"'"'s cardiovascular attributes.
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a CPU and a memory circuit that has user-corresponding data stored on the memory circuit, and a platform over which a plurality of electrodes are interleaved, and configured for engaging the user. While the plurality of electrodes is concurrently contacting a limb or other extremity of the user, measurement signals are obtained from the plurality of electrodes. Based on a plurality of impedance-measurement signals being obtained from the electrodes, signals are generated that correspond to cardiovascular timings specific to the user. In such aspects of the present disclosure, pulse characteristic signals are determined based on the plurality of impedance-measurement signals and comparisons of user-obtained data are made relative to user-data profiles stored in the memory circuit.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a CPU and a memory circuit with user-corresponding data stored in the memory circuit, and a platform over which a plurality of electrodes are interleaved and configured and arranged for engaging a user, wherein the platform is configured and arranged with at least three electrodes for carrying out leg and foot impedance cardiovascular measurements via the feet of the user and is further configured and arranged with a display integrated in the platform for conveying cardiovascular information to the user while the user is on the platform; while the plurality of electrodes are concurrently contacting a limb of the user, operating circuitry configured for automatically obtaining a plurality of measurement signals from the plurality of electrodes, including fiducial cardiovascular timings corresponding to blood pulsations flowing down a leg and a foot of the user, the circuitry having a reduced power-consumption mode of operation and at least one higher power-consumption mode of operation; before obtaining a plurality of measurement signals by operating the circuitry, using a signal-sense circuit to sense signals indicative of the user approaching or engaging the platform and, in response, causing the circuitry to transition from the reduced power-consumption mode of operation and at least one higher power-consumption mode of operation; and after the circuitry is operating in the at least one higher power-consumption mode of operation, causing the CPU to access the user-corresponding data stored in the memory circuit and thereafter cause a plurality of impedance-measurement signals to be obtained by using the at least three electrodes while they are contacting the user via the platform, and selecting certain of the electrodes under the platform for measurement results in response to a quality of the plurality of impedance-measurement signals collected, and, therefrom, via the CPU, generating signals corresponding to cardiovascular timings of the user and sending output signals as derived from the collected impedance-measurement signals for review of the user'"'"'s cardiovascular attributes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a CPU and a memory circuit with user-corresponding data stored in the memory circuit, a platform over which a plurality of electrodes are interleaved and configured and arranged for engaging a user and configured and arranged with a display visible through the platform for conveying cardiovascular information to the user, the plurality of electrodes being integrated and communicatively connected with the CPU and wherein the platform is arranged with at least three electrodes; circuitry configured and arranged for automatically obtaining a plurality of measurement signals from the plurality of electrodes, including fiducial cardiovascular timings corresponding to blood pulsations flowing down a leg and a foot of the user while the user is standing on and engaged with the platform, the circuitry having a reduced power-consumption mode of operation and at least one higher power-consumption mode of operation; and the CPU, the memory circuit and the plurality of electrodes being configured and arrange to; while the plurality of electrodes are concurrently contacting a limb of the user, operating the circuitry and therefrom automatically obtaining the plurality of measurement signals from the plurality of electrodes and selecting certain of the electrodes under the platform for measurement results in response to a quality of the plurality of measurement signals collected using the plurality of electrodes; before obtaining a plurality of measurement signals by operating the circuitry, using a signal-sense circuit to sense signals indicative of the user approaching or engaging the platform and, in response, causing the circuitry to transition from the reduced power-consumption mode of operation and at least one higher power-consumption mode of operation; and after the circuitry is operating in the at least one higher power-consumption mode of operation, causing the CPU to access the user-corresponding data stored in the memory circuit and thereafter cause a plurality of impedance-measurement signals to be obtained by using the plurality of electrodes while they are contacting the user via the platform and, therefrom, generating signals corresponding to cardiovascular timings of the user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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