WIRELESS BLOOD PRESSURE MEASURING TECHNIQUES

• US 20140163400A1
• Filed: 12/06/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carematix, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Carematix, Inc.
• Inventors: Khanuja, Sukhwant Singh
• Application Number:
  US14/099,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20140163400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/485
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

According to certain inventive techniques, a blood pressure recording device includes at least one blood pressure sensor, a display configured to visually present received data, a wireless transceiver, a memory storing a reminder time, and a processor including a clock. The processor is configured to: receive blood pressure data from the at least one blood pressure sensor; process the blood pressure data to form a systolic reading and a diastolic reading; transmit the systolic reading and the diastolic reading to the display for visual presentation to a user; transmit the systolic reading and the diastolic reading to the wireless transceiver for wireless transmission; retrieve the reminder time from the memory; compare the reminder time to a time of the clock; and generate an alert when the clock time is equal to the reminder time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a data processing system, a request to set a reminder time for a blood pressure recording device;

associating, at the data processing system, the reminder time with a user;

storing, at the data processing system, the reminder time in association with other user data;

transmitting, by the data processing system and to the blood pressure recording device via a first transmission path, the reminder time, wherein at least a portion of the first transmission path includes a wireless segment;

receiving, at the blood pressure recording device, the reminder time;

storing, by the blood pressure recording device, the reminder time in a memory;

comparing, by the blood pressure recording device, a clock time to the reminder time; and

generating an alert, by the blood pressure recording device, when the clock time is equal to the reminder time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert comprises an audible alert.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the alert comprises a visible alert.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by the blood pressure recording device, blood pressure data for the user;

transmitting, by the blood pressure recording device and to the data processing system and via a second transmission path, the blood pressure data, wherein at least a portion of the second transmission path includes a wireless segment;

receiving, at the data processing system, the blood pressure data;

associating, at the data processing system, the blood pressure data with the user;

storing, at the data processing system, the blood pressure data in association with other user data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the blood pressure data comprises systolic data and diastolic data.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the blood pressure data comprises a time stamp corresponding to the time at which the blood pressure data was generated by the blood pressure recording device.

7. A blood pressure recording device comprising:

at least one blood pressure sensor;

a display configured to visually present received data;

a wireless transceiver;

a memory storing a reminder time; and

a processor including a clock, and configured to;

receive blood pressure data from the at least one blood pressure sensor;

process the blood pressure data to form a systolic reading and a diastolic reading;

transmit the systolic reading and the diastolic reading to the display for visual presentation to a user;

transmit the systolic reading and the diastolic reading to the wireless transceiver for wireless transmission;

retrieve the reminder time from the memory;

compare the reminder time to a time of the clock; and

generate an alert when the clock time is equal to the reminder time.

8. The blood pressure recording device of claim 7, further comprising a speaker, and wherein the processor is further configured to generate the alert by causing the speaker to generate an audible alert.

9. The blood pressure recording device of claim 7, further comprising a lamp, and wherein the processor is further configured to generate the alert by causing the lamp to generate a visible alert.

10. The blood pressure recording device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to:

associate a time stamp with the blood pressure data, wherein the time stamp corresponds to when the blood pressure data is received from the at least one blood pressure sensor; and

transmit the time stamp along with the systolic reading and the diastolic reading to the wireless transceiver for wireless transmission.

11. A blood pressure recording device comprising:

at least one blood pressure sensor;

a display configured to visually present received data;

a wireless transceiver;

a memory storing a reminder time; and

a processor including a clock, and configured to;

receive blood pressure data from the at least one blood pressure sensor;

process the blood pressure data to form a systolic reading and a diastolic reading;

transmit the systolic reading and the diastolic reading to the display for visual presentation to a user;

transmit the systolic reading and the diastolic reading to the wireless transceiver for wireless transmission;

retrieve the reminder time from the memory;

determine a window of time based on the reminder time and window time data;

determine whether blood pressure data has been received during the window of time; and

if blood pressure data has not been received during the window of time, generate an alert.

12. The blood pressure recording device of claim 11, further comprising a speaker, and wherein the processor is further configured to generate the alert by causing the speaker to generate an audible alert.

13. The blood pressure recording device of claim 11, further comprising a lamp, and wherein the processor is further configured to generate the alert by causing the lamp to generate a visible alert.

14. The blood pressure recording device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

associate a time stamp with the blood pressure data, wherein the time stamp corresponds to when the blood pressure data is received from the at least one blood pressure sensor; and

transmit the time stamp along with the systolic reading and the diastolic reading to the wireless transceiver for wireless transmission.