HEALTH MANAGEMENT DEVICE

• US 20100041960A1
• Filed: 08/13/2009
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: EPS Bio Technology Corp.
• Original Assignee: EPS Bio Technology Corp.
• Inventors: YUAN, Wen Ching
• Application Number:
  US12/540,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20100041960A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A health management device is disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The health management device comprises at least one sensor, a microprocessor and a memory unit. The sensor measures the status of a target and generates a sensing signal. The microprocessor, coupling to the sensor, processes the sensing signal and generates a data signal. The memory unit, coupling to the microprocessor, generates a measurement data according to the data signal and stores the measurement data. Wherein, at least one health management software is embedded in the memory unit and computes the data signal to obtain the measurement data.

Claims

1. A health management device, comprising:

at least one sensor for measuring physiology information and generating a sensing signal;

a microprocessor coupling to the sensor for processing the sensing signal and generating a data signal; and

a memory unit coupling to the microprocessor for generating a measurement data according to the data signal and for storing the measurement data;

wherein at least one health management software is embedded in the memory unit and is executed on at least a compatible platform to compute and analyze the data signal to obtain the measurement data according to the operation by a user.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the memory unit is a swappable/swap device.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the health management software is proprietary native software or cross-platform software and the health management software performs one task selected from the group consisting of the following or combination thereof:

data statistics, management, and operation.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the measurement data is selected from the group consisting of the following or combination thereof:

the average of measurement, the trend chart of measurement.

5. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a transmission interface that is a means of communication among the sensor, the microprocessor, and the memory unit.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein measurement data is outputted via a transmission interface.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the transmission interface is a universal serial bus (USB) transmission interface and the transmission interface comprises at least one mass storage class.

8. The device according to claim 6, wherein measurement data is outputted via a transmission interface to a computer system or a compatible platform.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the memory unit is a flash memory.

10. A health management device, comprising:

at least one sensor for measuring physiology information and generating a sensing signal;

a microprocessor coupling to the sensor for processing and analyzing the sensing signal and generating a data signal;

a memory unit coupling to the microprocessor for generating a measurement data according to the data signal and for storing the measurement data wherein at least one health management software is embedded in the memory unit and is executed on a compatible platform to compute and analyze the data signal to obtain the measurement data according to the operation by a user; and

a transmission interface coupling to the memory unit for outputting the measurement data.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the sensing signal comprises one of the information selected from the group consisting of the following or combination thereof:

blood sugar data, blood pressure data, and body weight data.

12. The device according to claim 10, wherein the memory unit is a swappable/swap device.

13. The device according to claim 10, wherein the measurement data is either the average value calculated or the trend chart plotted by measuring the physiology information of a user for a plurality of times within a predetermined period via the health management software or the combination of the average and the trend chart.

14. The device according to claim 10, wherein the health management software is proprietary native software or cross-platform software.

15. The device according to claim 10, wherein the transmission interface is a universal serial bus (USB) transmission interface and the transmission interface comprises at least one mass storage class.

16. The device according to claim 10, wherein measurement data is outputted via a transmission interface to a computer system or a compatible platform.

17. The device according to claim 10, wherein the memory unit is a flash memory.

18. A health management device, comprising:

at least one sensor for measuring physiology information and generating a sensing signal;

a microprocessor coupling to the sensor for processing and analyzing the sensing signal and generating a data signal;

a first transmission interface coupling to the microprocessor for outputting the data signal;

p1 a memory unit coupling to the transmission interface for generating a measurement data according to the data signal and for storing the measurement data; and

a second transmission interface coupling to the memory unit for outputting the measurement data;

wherein at least one health management software is embedded in the memory unit and is executed on a compatible platform to compute and analyze the data signal to obtain the measurement data according to the operation of a user.

19. The device according to claim 18, wherein the sensing signal comprises one of the information selected from the group consisting of the following or combination thereof:

blood sugar data, blood pressure data, and body weight data.

20. The device according to claim 18, wherein the memory unit is a swappable/swap device.

21. The device according to claim 18, wherein the health management software is proprietary native software or cross-platform software.

22. The device according to claim 18, wherein the measurement data is selected from the group consisting of the following or combination thereof:

the average of measurement, the trend chart of measurement.

23. The device according to claim 18, wherein the first and the second transmission interfaces are universal serial bus (USB) transmission interfaces and the second transmission interface comprises at least one mass storage class.

24. The device according to claim 18, wherein measurement data is outputted via the second transmission interface to a computer system or a compatible platform.