PORTABLE DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE INTEGRATED SENSORS FOR VITAL SIGNS SCANNING
First Claim
1. A portable vital signs scanner comprising:
- a hollow housing;
a base printed circuit board (PCB) mounted in the housing and having a plurality of wire traces;
a processor mounted to the main PCB coupled to one or more of the plurality of wire traces;
a plurality of sensors coupled to the processor to concurrently capture sensor data, the plurality of sensors includingan electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor having a first electrode located at a front side of the housing and a second electrode located at a bottom side of the housing,one or more photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensors located at the front side of the housing near the first electrode of the ECG sensor, the one or more PPG sensors to capture PPG data, anda thermometer located in the front side of the housing near the first electrode; and
a storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device to store instructions for execution by the processor to concurrently capture a plurality of different sensor data with the plurality of sensors.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, a portable device with multiple integrated sensors for vital signs scanning and method of using said device is disclosed. The portable personal scanning device includes multiple sensors such as a plurality of ECG, thermometer, PPG, accelerometer, and microphone for determining a user'"'"'s vital signs. The method includes concurrently scanning with one or more sensors, validating and enhancing the results of each sensor scan with other concurrent sensor scan and patient interaction models, processing the sensor scans separately or in combination to extract user'"'"'s vital signs, validating the vital signs extracted by comparison to physiological models, and fusing the similar vital signs extracted from more than one process according to a determination of the measure of quality of the process that produced the vital sign.
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45 Claims
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1. A portable vital signs scanner comprising:
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a hollow housing; a base printed circuit board (PCB) mounted in the housing and having a plurality of wire traces; a processor mounted to the main PCB coupled to one or more of the plurality of wire traces; a plurality of sensors coupled to the processor to concurrently capture sensor data, the plurality of sensors including an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor having a first electrode located at a front side of the housing and a second electrode located at a bottom side of the housing, one or more photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensors located at the front side of the housing near the first electrode of the ECG sensor, the one or more PPG sensors to capture PPG data, and a thermometer located in the front side of the housing near the first electrode; and a storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device to store instructions for execution by the processor to concurrently capture a plurality of different sensor data with the plurality of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-invasive method of measuring vital signs with a portable multi-sensor vital signs scanner, the non-invasive method of measuring vital signs comprising:
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during a first measurement period, concurrently scanning for ECG data by forming an electronic circuit with a user'"'"'s body by contacting a first electrode of the scanner to the user'"'"'s temple and a second electrode of the scanner to the user'"'"'s finger/thumb holding the scanner; during the first measurement period, concurrently scanning for PPG data with a PPG sensor of the scanner placed near the user'"'"'s temple; during the first measurement period, concurrently scanning for temperature data with a temperature sensor of the scanner placed near the user'"'"'s temple; and determining a plurality of vitals signs for the user in response to the ECG data, the PPG data, and the temperature data obtained from the concurrent scanning during the first measurement period. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-invasive method of measuring vital signs with a portable multi-sensor vital signs scanner, the non-invasive method of measuring vital signs comprising:
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training a user in usage of the portable multi-sensor vital signs scanner; during a first measurement period, concurrently scanning for a plurality of vital signs data with the vital signs scanner against a user'"'"'s temple in a first usage configuration; and during a second measurement period, concurrently scanning for a plurality of vital signs data with the vital signs scanner adjacent a user'"'"'s chest in a second usage configuration. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A non-invasive method of measuring vital signs with a portable vital signs scanner, the non-invasive method of measuring vital signs comprising:
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receiving a chest sound signal captured from a microphone pressed against a chest of a user, wherein the microphone is coupled to the portable vital signals scanner; removing some noise from the chest sound signal by executing a signal processing algorithm having a fast Fourier transform/inverse fast Fourier transform (FFT/IFFT); and extracting an initial respiration rate from the chest sound signal that has some noise removed. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 35)
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36. A non-invasive method of measuring vital signs with a portable vital signs scanner, the non-invasive method of measuring vital signs comprising:
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receiving a chest motion signal captured from an accelerometer pressed against a chest of a user, wherein the accelerometer is coupled to the portable vital signals scanner; removing some noise from the chest motion signal by applying a fast Fourier transform/inverse fast Fourier transform (FFT/IFFT); detecting peaks in the chest motion signal by using an average peak detector; and extracting an initial respiration rate from the chest motion signal that has some noise removed, wherein the extracting of the initial respiration rate includes using the detected peaks. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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40. A non-invasive method of measuring vital signs with a portable multi-sensor vital signs scanner, the non-invasive method of measuring vital signs comprising:
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receiving a chest sound signal captured from a microphone pressed against a chest of a user, wherein the microphone is coupled to the portable vital signals scanner; receiving a chest motion signal captured from an accelerometer pressed against a chest of a user, wherein the accelerometer is coupled to the portable vital signals scanner; removing some noise from the chest sound signal by executing a signal processing algorithm having a fast Fourier transform/inverse fast Fourier transform (FFT/IFFT); and removing some noise from the chest motion signal by applying a fast Fourier transform/inverse fast Fourier transform (FFT/IFFT); extracting an initial respiration rate from a combination of the chest sound signal and the chest motion signal, wherein the extracting of the initial respiration rate includes using the detected peaks. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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42. A non-invasive method of measuring vital signs with a portable vital signs scanner, the non-invasive method of measuring vital signs comprising:
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sensing a temperature captured from a thermometer pressed against a temple of a user, wherein the thermometer is coupled to the portable vital signals scanner; removing some noise from the temperature by using a signal processing module; extracting an initial temperature from the temperature that has some noise removed. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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