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PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM FEATURING FLOORMAT AND WIRED HANDHELD SENSOR

  • US 20170188858A1
  • Filed: 01/05/2016
  • Published: 07/06/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2016
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A biometric sensor system configured to measure blood pressure, comprising:

  • a generally flat Floormat configured to rest stably on a generally flat surface and to support the weight of a user standing thereon; and

    a Handheld Sensor configured to be supported at a region of one of the user'"'"'s hands and being electrically connected to the Floormat via a cable member having one or more electrical conductors disposed therein, the Handheld Sensor including an arm-receiving portion configured to receive therein a distal portion of the user'"'"'s sensor-supporting arm and an inflatable cuff that is disposed at the arm-receiving portion and that is configured to receive and engage the distal portion of the user'"'"'s arm;

    wherein the Floormat includes a microprocessor-based pressure-control inflation system including a pressure sensor that senses air pressure in the inflatable cuff;

    an air pump; and

    a valve, the pressure-control inflation system being configured and arranged to control inflation and deflation of the inflatable bladder and the air pump being connected to the inflatable cuff via a tube extending along the cable member to the inflatable cuff;

    the biometric sensor system further comprising a first analog system located in the Floormat that is configured to receive signals from the pressure sensor and to process them to generate pressure signals; and

    a processing system located in the Floormat, the processing system being configured

         1) to issue computer commands to the pressure-control system to inflate and deflate the cuff while the first analog system generates the pressure signals, and

         2) to analyze modulations in digital versions of the pressure signals to estimate the blood pressure value.

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