BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

• US 20130131524A1
• Filed: 03/20/2012
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zoetronics Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Zoetronics Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Chen, Jen-Ran, Lee, Ren-Guey, Lai, Chien-Chih, Wang, Hsi-Wen, Chen, Chun-Chang
• Application Number:
  US13/424,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20130131524A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/493
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02225 using the oscillometric method
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6805 Vests

Abstract

A blood pressure measurement system includes an article of clothing, an occluding cuff, a blood pressure measurement unit, a first transmission module, and an operation module. The clothing includes tarpaulin. The occluding cuff is disposed at an inner side of the tarpaulin. The blood pressure measurement unit is disposed at the inner side of the tarpaulin for measuring blood pressure of a user to generate a blood pressure measurement result of the user, controlling a removable inflation module to inflate the occluding cuff, controlling a deflate valve to deflate the occluding cuff, and transmitting the blood pressure measurement result. The first transmission module is used for receiving the blood pressure measurement result. The operation module is coupled to the first transmission module for calculating diastolic blood pressure, systolic blood pressure, and/or pulses of the user according to the blood pressure measurement result.

Claims

1. A blood pressure measurement system, comprising:

an article of clothing comprising tarpaulin sewn into the clothing;

an occluding cuff disposed at an inner side of the tarpaulin;

a blood pressure measurement unit disposed at the inner side of the tarpaulin for measuring blood pressure of a user to generate a blood pressure measurement result of the user, receiving an inflation signal to control a removable inflation module to inflate the occluding cuff, receiving a deflation signal to control a deflate valve of the occluding cuff to deflate the occluding cuff, and transmitting the blood pressure measurement result of the user;

a first transmission module for receiving the blood pressure measurement result of the user; and

an operation module coupled to the first transmission module for calculating diastolic blood pressure, a systolic blood pressure, and/or pulses of the user according to the blood pressure measurement result of the user.

2. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein at least one passive component of the blood pressure measurement unit is composed of conductive filaments of the clothing.

3. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 2, wherein the at least one passive component is a resistor, an inductor, or a capacitor.

4. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the blood pressure measurement unit is a system-on-a-chip.

5. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the blood pressure measurement unit is a miniaturized sphygmomanometer.

6. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the first transmission module and the operation module are located outside the clothing, and the first transmission module further uploads the diastolic blood pressure, the systolic blood pressure, and/or the pulses of the user to a cloud platform via the Internet.

7. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the first transmission module and the operation module are comprised by a cell phone, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant or a desktop computer.

8. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the clothing is long-sleeved clothing, and the tarpaulin is located at a cuff of the clothing.

9. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the clothing is long-sleeved clothing, and the tarpaulin is at an upper arm location of the long-sleeved clothing.

10. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the clothing is short-sleeved clothing, and the tarpaulin is located at a cuff of the clothing.

11. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the removable inflation module comprises a battery.

12. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the removable inflation module is connected to the tarpaulin through at least one metal tenon, at least one metal button, at least one conductive velcro, or at least one magnet, and the removable inflation module inflates the occluding cuff through a one-way water valve of the tarpaulin.

13. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the inflation signal and the deflation signal are generated by the operation module, and the inflation signal and the deflation signal are transmitted to the blood pressure measurement unit through the first transmission module.

14. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the inflation signal and the deflation signal are generated by a key of the tarpaulin, and the key is coupled to the blood pressure measurement unit.

15. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the blood pressure measurement unit communicates with the first transmission module through a wireless LAN (WLAN), a Zigbee (IEEE 802.15.4), a Bluetooth, a Bluetooth low energy (BLE), a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a third generation (3G), or an actor network theory+ (Ant+) technology.

16. The blood pressure measurement system of claim 1, wherein the blood pressure measurement unit communicates with the first transmission module through a transmission line.