WEARABLE HEART MONITORING DEVICE, HEART MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20190328253A1
• Filed: 12/30/2016
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: ZHANG, Su
• Granted Patent: US 11,504,040 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0006 ECG or EEG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0059 using light, e.g. diagnosis by transillumination, diascopy, fluorescence A61B5/0093, A61B5/1455, A61B5/02416 and A61B5/0261 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0245 by using sensing means generating electric signals, i.e. ECG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/25 Bioelectric electrodes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6802 Sensor mounted on worn items
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6823 Trunk, e.g., chest, back, abdomen, hip

Abstract

A wearable cardiac monitoring device comprises a processor; a electrocardiogram (ECG) signal collecting unit; a photoelectric signal collecting unit; and a power source configured to provide power to the processor, the ECG signal collecting unit and the photoelectric signal collecting unit simultaneously; wherein the processor determines whether the current mode is at a ECG collecting mode or a photoelectric collecting mode; wherein the ECG signal collecting unit collects user'"'"'s ECG signals in the ECG collecting mode, and the photoelectric signal collecting unit collects photoelectric signals of the user'"'"'s measured part under the illumination of light.

Claims

1. A wearable cardiac monitoring device, comprising:

a processor;

an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal collecting unit;

a photoelectric signal collecting unit, and

a power source configured to provide power to the processor, the ECG signal collecting unit and the photoelectric signal collecting unit simultaneously;

wherein the processor determines whether the current mode is at a ECG collecting mode or a photoelectric collecting mode;

wherein the ECG signal collecting unit collects user'"'"'s ECG signals in the ECG collecting mode, and the photoelectric signal collecting unit collects photoelectric signals of the user'"'"'s measured part under the illumination of light.

2. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the ECG signal includes user'"'"'s cardiac current, and the ECG signal collecting unit includes a first electrode close to user'"'"'s heart in the ECG collecting mode and a second electrode and third electrode close to user'"'"'s skin during the ECG collecting mode, wherein the first electrode, the second electrode and the third electrode are formed a cardiac current measuring circuit.

3. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 2, wherein the processor, the ECG signal collecting unit, the photoelectric signal collecting unit and the power source are all installed in a wearable part;

wherein the wearable part includes a necklace rope, the first electrode is installed at a first position of the necklace rope, the second electrode and the third electrode are installed at second position and third position of the necklace rope respectively, and wherein the second position and third position are respectively distant from the first position with a same distance;

when the user wears the necklace rope, the second position and third position are respectively close to a side of the user'"'"'s neck, and the first position, in the ECG collecting mode, is close to user'"'"'s heart position.

4. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 3, wherein a conductive ring is disposed in the necklace rope, and the necklace rope is also connected to a pendant, wherein the processor, the ECG signal collecting unit, the photoelectric signal collecting unit and the power source are disposed in the pendant, and the first electrode is electrically connected, through the conductive ring, to the second electrode and the third electrode.

5. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 4, wherein a length adjustment button is disposed at the position where the necklace rope is connected to the pendant;

wherein when the length adjustment button is at an adjustment state, the length of the necklace rope is adjustable.

6. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 4, wherein a mode selection button is disposed in the pendant;

wherein when the mode selection button is switched to a first mode and is detected by the processor, the ECG collecting mode is then determined by the processor;

when the mode selection button is switched to a second mode and is detected by the processor, the photoelectric collecting mode is then determined by the processor;

when the mode selection button is switched to a third mode and is detected by the processor, the sleep mode is then determined by the processor.

7. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 6, wherein when the power capacity of the power source is determined, by the processor, smaller than a first pre-defined threshold and greater than a second pre-defined threshold, the photoelectric collecting mode is then activated and the processor controls photoelectric collecting unit to collecting the photoelectric signals in response to pre-defined collecting intervals of photoelectric signal;

when the power capacity of the power source is determined, by the processor, smaller than the second pre-defined threshold, the sleep mode is then activated by the processor.

8. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 1, wherein the photoelectric signal is reflected light of the user'"'"'s measured part under the illumination of light, wherein the photoelectric signal collecting unit is close to user'"'"'s skin in the photoelectric collecting mode, and the photoelectric signal collecting unit comprises:

a light emitter configured for emitting light to surface of user'"'"'s skin;

a photosensitive receiver configured for receiving the reflected light reflected by the user'"'"'s measured part.

9. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 1, wherein, further comprises a wireless transmission unit configured to send the ECG signal and/or the photoelectric signal to a data analysis platform, wherein the data analysis platform is configured to generate cardiac state parameters in response to the ECG signal and/or the photoelectric signal, wherein the cardiac state parameters includes ECG indicator data and heart rate data.

10. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 9, wherein when the processor receives a notification of abnormal cardiac status parameters transmitted by the data analysis platform, the processor determines whether the current mode is the ECG collecting mode or the photoelectric collecting mode;

wherein when the wearable cardiac monitoring device is under the photoelectric collecting mode, the processor controls the wireless transmission unit to transmit the ECG signals of the previous time interval to the data analysis platform, the wearable cardiac monitoring device is then switched to the ECG collecting mode, and the wearable cardiac monitoring device notifies the user that the wearable cardiac monitoring device is under the photoelectric collecting mode.

11. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 9, wherein the device further comprises an alarm unit configures to push an alarm signal to the user when the cardiac monitoring device receives the abnormal notification of the cardiac state parameters transmitted by the data analysis platform;

a user information input unit configured to receive user'"'"'s action capability confirmation information when the cardiac monitoring device receives the abnormal notification of the cardiac state parameters transmitted by the data analysis platform.

12. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 11, wherein further includes a locating unit configured to automatically locate user'"'"'s position information and to transmit the user'"'"'s position information to the data analysis platform when the cardiac monitoring device receives the abnormal notification of cardiac state parameters transmitted by the data analysis platform.

13. The wearable cardiac monitoring device of claim 12, wherein the device further includes a display unit configured to display information of a medical institution, matched and provided by the data analysis platform, nearby to the user'"'"'s location, when the wearable cardiac monitoring device receives the abnormal notification of cardiac state parameters transmitted by the data analysis platform, and the user information input unit receives the user'"'"'s action capability confirmation information.

14. A cardiac monitoring system, comprising:

a wearable cardiac monitoring device, comprising;

a processor;

an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal collecting unit;

a photoelectric signal collecting unit; and

a power source configured to provide power to the processor, the ECG signal collecting unit and the photoelectric signal collecting unit simultaneously;

wherein the processor determines whether the current mode is at a ECG collecting mode or a photoelectric collecting mode;

wherein the ECG signal collecting unit collects user'"'"'s ECG signals in the ECG collecting mode, and the photoelectric signal collecting unit collects photoelectric signals of the user'"'"'s measured part under the illumination of light; and

a data analysis platform, wherein the data analysis platform is configured to generate cardiac state parameters in response to the ECG signal and/or the photoelectric signal.

15. The cardiac monitoring system of claim 14, wherein further includes a user terminal and/or a medical institution terminal, wherein the data analysis platform is further configured to transmit the cardiac state parameters to the user terminal and/or the medical institution terminal.

16. The cardiac monitoring system of claim 15, wherein the data analysis platform transmits a notification of the abnormal cardiac state parameters to the user terminal, when the notification of the abnormal cardiac state parameters is determined by the data analysis platform;

the user terminal displays the cardiac state parameters, and the information of the nearby medical institution, matched and provided by the data analysis platform, is displayed by the user terminal, when the user terminal receives the abnormal notification of the cardiac state parameters transmitted by the data analysis platform and receives the user'"'"'s action capability confirmation information within a predetermined time;

the user terminal returns a notification of an user abnormal state to the data analysis platform, when the user terminal receives the abnormal notification of the cardiac state parameters transmitted by the data analysis platform and does not receive the user'"'"'s action capability confirmation information within a predetermined time;

the data analysis platform matches the medical institution nearby to the user, and transmits the user'"'"'s position information and user'"'"'s cardiac state parameters to the matched medical institution, after the data analysis platform receives the notification of the abnormal user state.

17. A method of cardiac monitoring, implemented by a cardiac monitoring system, comprising:

a wearable cardiac monitoring device, comprising;

a processor;

an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal collecting unit;

a photoelectric signal collecting unit; and

a power source configured to provide power to the processor, the ECG signal collecting unit and the photoelectric signal collecting unit simultaneously;

wherein the processor determines whether the current mode is at a ECG collecting mode or a photoelectric collecting mode;

wherein the ECG signal collecting unit collects user'"'"'s ECG signals in the ECG collecting mode, and the photoelectric signal collecting unit collects photoelectric signals of the user'"'"'s measured part under the illumination of light; and

a data analysis platform, wherein the data analysis platform is configured to generate cardiac state parameters in response to the ECG signal and/or the photoelectric signal,

the method comprising steps of;

determining whether the current mode is in a ECG collecting mode or a photoelectric collecting mode;

collecting user'"'"'s ECG signals in the ECG collecting mode;

collecting photoelectric signals of user'"'"'s measured part irradiated by light in the photoelectric collecting mode;

generating cardiac state parameters in response to the collected ECG signals and/or the collected photoelectric signals.