Cuffless blood-pressure monitor and accompanying wireless mobile device
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring blood pressure, the system comprising:
- a blood-pressure monitor comprising a measuring component that generates blood-pressure information and a first short-range wireless component configured to wirelessly transmit the blood-pressure information;
a mobile device comprising a chipset that includes;
i) an embedded second short-range wireless component configured to receive the blood-pressure information from the first short-range wireless component; and
ii) a long-range wireless component configured to transmit the blood-pressure information over a wireless network; and
a computer system configured to receive and display the blood-pressure information transmitted by the long-range wireless component.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention provides a system for monitoring blood pressure that preferably includes: 1) a blood-pressure monitor featuring a measuring component that generates blood-pressure information and a first short-range wireless component configured to wirelessly transmit the blood-pressure information; 2) a mobile device featuring a chipset that includes i) an embedded second short-range wireless component configured to receive the blood-pressure information; and ii) a long-range wireless component configured to transmit the blood-pressure information over a wireless network; and 3) a computer system configured to receive and display the blood-pressure information.
189 Citations
23 Claims
-
1. A system for monitoring blood pressure, the system comprising:
-
a blood-pressure monitor comprising a measuring component that generates blood-pressure information and a first short-range wireless component configured to wirelessly transmit the blood-pressure information;
a mobile device comprising a chipset that includes;
i) an embedded second short-range wireless component configured to receive the blood-pressure information from the first short-range wireless component; and
ii) a long-range wireless component configured to transmit the blood-pressure information over a wireless network; and
a computer system configured to receive and display the blood-pressure information transmitted by the long-range wireless component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A system for monitoring vital signs, comprising:
-
a vital-sign monitor comprising a measuring component that generates vital-sign information and a first short-range wireless component configured to wirelessly transmit the vital-sign information;
a mobile device comprising a chipset that includes;
i) an embedded second short-range wireless component configured to receive the vital-sign information from the first short-range wireless component; and
ii) a long-range wireless component configured to transmit the vital-sign information over a wireless network; and
a computer system configured to receive and display the vital-sign information transmitted by the long-range wireless component.
-
-
15. A system for monitoring blood pressure, comprising:
-
a blood pressure monitor comprising a measuring component that generates blood-pressure information and a first short-range wireless component configured to wirelessly transmit the blood-pressure information;
a removable wireless component that connects to a serial port of a mobile device and comprises a second short-range wireless component configured to receive the blood-pressure information and send the blood-pressure information to the mobile device; and
a computer system configured to receive the blood-pressure information from the mobile device and display the blood-pressure information on an interface.
-
-
16. A method for monitoring a patient'"'"'s real-time vital signs, the method comprising:
-
obtaining real-time vital sign measurements from a patient using a monitor attached to the patient;
wirelessly transmitting the real-time vital sign information from the monitor to a mobile device;
wirelessly transmitting the real-time vital sign information from the mobile device to a network;
receiving the real-time vital information over the network at a computer system; and
displaying the real-time vital sign information on the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
-
-
23. A system for monitoring blood pressure, the system comprising:
-
a blood-pressure monitor comprising a measuring component that generates blood-pressure information;
means for short-range wireless transmission of the blood-pressure information from the blood-pressure monitor;
a mobile device comprising means for receiving the blood-pressure information from the short-range wireless transmission means and means for long-range wireless transmission of the blood-pressure information over a wireless network; and
means to receive and display the blood-pressure information transmitted by the long-range wireless transmission means.
-
Specification