PULSE OXIMETER WITH CHANGEABLE STRUCTURE

• US 20100210928A1
• Filed: 06/15/2007
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chang-An Chou
• Original Assignee: Chang-An Chou
• Inventors: Chou, Chang-An
• Application Number:
  US12/304,768
• Publication Number:
  US 20100210928A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/323
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02427 Details of sensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14552 Details of sensors specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6816 Ear lobe
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6838 Clamps or clips

Abstract

A pulse oximeter with changeable structure includes a first housing, having a light emitting element and a light receiving element mounted therein, and a second housing, electrically connected to the first housing, wherein the circuit needed by the pulse oximeter is distributed into the first and the second housings, and a corresponding pair of assembling mechanisms are further mounted on the first and the second housings, respectively, so that the first and the second housings are capable of being assembled together to form one single combination.

Claims

1. A pulse oximeter with changeable structure, comprising:

a first housing, having a light emitting element and a light receiving element mounted therein; and

a second housing, electrically connected to the first housing,

wherein

the circuit needed by the pulse oximeter is distributed into the first and the second housings; and

a corresponding pair of assembling mechanisms are further mounted on the first and the second housings, respectively, so that the first and the second housings are capable of being assembled together to form one single combination.

2. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and the second housings are electrically connected through a connecting wire, a soft PCB or a silicone-wrapped circuit.

3. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first housing is implemented to be able to attach to a tested location of the user.

4. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 3, wherein the attachment is implemented by clipping, circling, or adhering.

5. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 3, wherein the tested location is the fingertip, the root portion of finger, the ear or the forehead.

6. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the assembling mechanisms are a pair of buckling mechanisms, a pair of adhering mechanisms or a pair of slid-and-track mechanisms.

7. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fixing element connected to the second housing for fixing the second housing on the user as the second housing and the first housing are separated.

8. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 7, wherein the fixing element is a band.

9. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an attaching element for attaching the pulse oximeter to the user.

10. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 9, wherein the attaching element is a hanging band or a winding band.

11. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circuit further comprises a processing unit and a power unit.

12. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 11, wherein the circuit further comprises a wireless transmission module for wirelessly communicating with an external device.

13. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 11, wherein the circuit further comprises a display unit.

14. The pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pulse oximeter is use to detect blood oxygen concentration and/or heartbeat.