Electronic sphygmomanometer

• US 4,944,304 A
• Filed: 08/15/1988
• Issued: 07/31/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Omron Healthcare Company Limited (Omron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Teruya Nishina
• Inventors: Nishina, Teruya
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/232,040
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 128/664-667, 128/632-633, 128/672-677, 128/690, 128/903, 356/39-41
• US Class Current: 600/480
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02255 the pressure being controlled by plethysmographic signals, e.g. derived from optical sensors

Abstract

An electric sphygmomanometer has a cuff, a pulse wave detecting photoelectric sensor including a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element which are disposed on the cuff, as well as a memory for storing measured data. Either a measuring mode or a transmitting mode may be selected, and the light-emitting and -receiving elements of the pulse wave detecting photoelectric sensor may be used as light-emitting and -receiving elements for transmission of measured data in the transmitting mode. As a result of this arrangement, it is possible to transmit measured data stored in the memory to an external data processor readily and inexpensively without the need for special hardware.

Claims

1. An electronic sphygmomanometer comprising a cuff, a pulse wave detecting photoelectronic sensor comprising a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element which are disposed on said cuff, memory means for storing measured data, mode selecting means for selecting either a measuring mode or a transmitting mode;

and means for allowing the light-emitting and -receiving elements of said pulse wave detecting photoelectric sensor to be used as light-emitting and -receiving elements for tranmission of measured data in said transmitting mode.

2. The electronic sphygmomanometer of claim 1, wherein the means for allowing the light-emitting and -receiving elements to be used for transmission of measured data in the transmitting mode comprises a member associated with the cuff to which the light-emitting and -receiving elements are connected and means connecting said member to an external data processor.

3. The electronic sphygmomanometer of claim 1, wherein the mode selecting means comprises means for transmitting a transmission request signal from an external data processor through the light-emitting element to the memory means, whereby the memory means automatically changes from the measuring mode to the transmitting mode in response to the transmission request signal.

4. The electronic sphygmomanometer of claim 1, wherein the member is in the form of a column.