SPHYGMOMANOMETER WITH DETACHABLE DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE

• US 20090198141A1
• Filed: 03/10/2006
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kaz USA Incorporated (Helen of Troy Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kaz USA Incorporated (Helen of Troy Limited)
• Inventors: Schnak, Fred, Freund, Dirk, Harttmann, Brigitte, Roenneberg, Gerrit, Hollinger, Stefan, Wunder, Dieter, Heck, Ulrich
• Application Number:
  US11/912,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20090198141A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/490
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A data transmission unit for a blood pressure meter. The data transmission unit includes an external transmission interface for the transmission of data to external data processing equipment and/or from external data processing equipment. The unit also includes an internal connection interface operable to detachably connect the data transmission unit to the blood pressure meter. As such, the data transmission unit forms an exchangeable interface converter for the blood pressure meter that converts a first data and/or transmission format fitting of the blood pressure meter into a second data and/or transmission format fitting of the external data processing device.

Claims

1. A blood pressure meter comprising:

a measuring device obtaining blood pressure data;

a device body connection interface;

a data transmission unit that is separable from the device body including;

an internal connection interface connectable to the device body connection interface,

an external transmission interface for at least one of the transmission of the blood pressure data to external data processing devices and the transmission of control data to the measuring device, and

an interface converter that converts a first data and/or transmission format fitting corresponding to the measuring device into a second data and/or transmission format fitting corresponding to the external data processing device.

2. The blood pressure meter recited in claim 1, wherein the device body connection interface comprises a RS-232 port.

3. The blood pressure meter recited in claim 1, wherein the device body connection interface comprises a chip card contacting unit.

4. The blood pressure meter recited in claim 1, wherein the interface converter comprises a protocol converter operable to synchronize a data transmission protocol of the internal connection interface with differing data transmission protocol of the external transmission interface.

5. The blood pressure meter recited in claim 1, wherein the interface converter comprises a level converter operable to adapt a data signal level of the internal connection interface to a differing data signal level of the external transmission interface.

6. The blood pressure meter recited in claim 1, wherein the external transmission interface comprises at least one of an infrared interface, a fax modem, a chip card terminal, a cable connection interface, a blue tooth unit, a USB interface, a firewire port and a WLAN interface.

7. The blood pressure meter recited in claim 1, wherein the data transmission unit comprises a battery charger operable to electrically charge a battery included in the device body of the blood pressure meter.

8. The blood pressure meter recited in claim 1, wherein the internal connection interface and the external connection interface are different from each other.

9. The blood pressure meter recited in claim 1, wherein the data transmission unit comprises a top attachment operable to be connected to the device body of the blood pressure meter via a plug-in connection.

10. The blood pressure meter recited in claim 1, wherein the data transmission unit is bidirectional.

11. The blood pressure meter recited in claim 1 designed as a wrist device.

12. A data transmission unit for a blood pressure meter comprising:

an external transmission interface for the transmission of data at least one of to external data processing equipment and from external data processing equipment, and

an internal connection interface operable to detachably connect the data transmission unit to the blood pressure meter,

wherein the data transmission unit forms an exchangeable interface converter for the blood pressure meter that converts, between its internal connection interface and its external transmission interface, a first data and/or transmission format fitting of the blood pressure meter into a second data and/or transmission format fitting of the external data processing device.

13. The data transmission unit recited in claim 12, wherein the internal connection interface comprises an RS-232 port.

14. The data transmission unit recited in claim 12, wherein the internal connection interface comprises a chip card adapter.

15. The data transmission unit recited in claim 12, wherein the external transmission interface comprises at least one of an infrared interface, a fax modem, a chip card terminal, a cable connection interface, a USB interface, a firewire port, a WLAN interface and a blue tooth unit.