DEVICE FOR MEASURING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION

• US 20110125037A1
• Filed: 11/19/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: TANAKA, Shigemitsu, HIDAI, Yoshihiro, IIJIMA, Yoshitaka
• Granted Patent: US 9,282,903 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/500
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices

Abstract

A device for measuring biological information by being worn on a person includes a sensor unit subjected to measure biological information, a device main unit provided with a concavity and subjected to accommodate the sensor unit, and a holding unit supported on one side by the sensor unit and on the other side by the device main unit; wherein the holding unit is elastic and has a space on one side of the concavity to hold the sensor unit so that at least part of the sensor unit extends outside from the device main unit, and wherein the sensor unit is displaced relative to the device main unit by elastic deformation in accordance with an external force applied to the sensor unit.

Claims

1. A device for measuring biological information by being worn on a person, comprising:

a sensor unit subjected to measure biological information;

a device main unit provided with a concavity and subjected to accommodate the sensor unit; and

a holding unit supported on one side by the sensor unit and on the other side by the device main unit;

wherein the holding unit is elastic and has a space on one side of the concavity to hold the sensor unit so that at least part of the sensor unit extends outside from the device main unit, and wherein the sensor unit is displaced relative to the device main unit by elastic deformation in accordance with an external force applied to the sensor unit.

2. The device of claim 1, characterized in that the sensor unit is provided with a light sensor.

3. The device of claim 1, characterized in that the device is configured so as to be able to be worn on a person'"'"'s wrist.

4. The device of claim 1, characterized in that the sensor unit and the holding unit are made waterproof, and the interior of the device main unit is sealed airtight.

5. The device of claim 4, characterized in having an airflow unit capable of providing airflow between the interior of the device main unit and the outside air.

6. The device of claim 5, characterized in being configured so that the airflow unit is provided with a threaded section, and that the airflow or sealing is performed by advancing or retracting the threaded section in accompaniment with rotation.