ANTENNA CONFIGURATION STRUCTURE OF AN NFC (NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION) ENABLED MEDICAL DEVICE

• US 20140004808A1
• Filed: 07/02/2012
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Health & Life Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Health & Life Company Limited
• Inventors: LI, Chun-Ying, Tsai, Wen-Yu, Chen, Yi-Lung
• Application Number:
  US13/539,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20140004808A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/90.2
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/22 by structural association with other equipment or articles
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/0081 with antenna coils loop aerials H01Q7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/26 using coils

Abstract

The present invention provides an antenna configuration structure of an NFC (Near Field Communication) enabled medical device and comprises: a case body; a screen installed on the case body to display physiological parameters and having a screen area; an NFC-enabled module provided with a wireless antenna for data exchange wherein the wireless antenna is arranged as a coiled body which encloses an antenna area overlapping at least one region of the screen area. As such, a user who institutively approaches his/her portable device near to the screen of the NFC-enabled medical device is able to exchange data due to identical positions of the antenna and the screen in the NFC-enabled medical device as medical equipment with excellent convenience in structural design and sensing as well as a humanized interface.

Claims

1. An antenna configuration structure of an NFC-enabled medical device for catching at least one physiological parameter from one person, comprising:

A case body;

A screen installed on said case body for display of physiological parameters and having a screen area; and

An NFC-enabled module provided with a wireless antenna for data exchange wherein said wireless antenna is developed as a coiled body with ring-type wiring and enclosing an antenna area which overlaps at least one region of said screen area.

2. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 1 wherein said medical device is one physiological data detector.

3. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 2 wherein said medical device catches at least one physiological parameter such as body temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure, blood glucose, blood oxygen saturation, electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) and respiration parameter.

4. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 1 wherein said antenna area is projected on said screen area.

5. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 1 wherein said antenna area is used to generate an effectively inductive field with a wireless inductive center which corresponds to and is projected on the screen area.

6. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 5 wherein said screen area has a geometric center and said wireless inductive center corresponds to and is projected on said geometric center.

7. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 1 wherein said wireless antenna is installed behind said screen.

8. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 1 wherein said wireless antenna relatively encloses said screen and is located at borders between said screen and said case body.

9. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 1 wherein said wireless antenna is developed as a coiled body with square-ring wiring or circular-ring wiring.

10. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 1 wherein said NFC-enabled module is an NFC reader/writer or an NFC tag.

11. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 10 wherein said NFC-enabled module comprises a control circuit in which there are a microprocessor and a memory.

12. The antenna configuration structure of the NFC-enabled medical device according claim 11 wherein said microprocessor and said memory are installed on a circuit board.

13. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 12 wherein both said control circuit of said NFC-enabled module and said circuit board can be collectively integrated with electronic medical components in terms of said medical device.

14. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 1 wherein said wireless antenna is an enameled wire developed as ring-type wiring.

15. The antenna configuration structure of said NFC-enabled medical device according claim 1 wherein said wireless antenna is a circuit board with ring-type wiring.