Photoelectric pulsation type pulsimeter

• US 5,190,047 A
• Filed: 07/23/1990
• Issued: 03/02/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Seiko Instruments Incorporated (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Instruments Incorporated (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Inoue, Yuichi, Masaki, Hiroyuki, Odagiri, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamm, William E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Getzow, Scott M.
• Application Number:
  US07/557,303
• Time in Patent Office: 953 Days
• Field of Search: 128/680, 128/687, 128/688, 128/689, 128/690, 128/706, 328/111, 307/234
• US Class Current: 600/500
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence

Abstract

A photoelectric pulsation type pulsimeter irradiates the ray of light to a capillary blood vessel of a finger tip or the like and detects the level of the reflected ray of light changing with the pulsation as the pulsation. The present invention improves stability of the pulse rate display by disposing pulse width evaluation means between a pulsation detection circuit for detecting the pulsation and pulsation calculation means for measuring the period of the pulsation signal and calculating the pulse rate per minute.

The pulse width evaluation means evaluate the pulse signal outputted from the pulsation detection circuit and the pulse rate calculated by the pulsation calculation means.

Claims

1. A photoelectric pulsation type pulsimeter comprising:

a pulsation detection circuit for detecting a pulsation pulse of a heartbeat and outputting a pulsation signal to pulse width evaluation means;

pulse width evaluation means for evaluating said pulsation signal and a pulse rate;

pulsation calculation means for calculating said pulse rate;

a reference signal generation circuit for generating a reference signal and outputting said reference signal to said pulsation calculation means and said pulse width evaluation means; and

display means for displaying said pulse rate calculated by said pulsation calculation means.

2. A photoelectric pulsation type pulsimeter according to claim 1;

wherein said pulse with evaluation means includes means for evaluating plural evaluation reference values.

3. A photoelectric pulsation type pulsimeter according to claim 2;

wherein said plural evaluation reference values change with respect to said pulse rate calculated by said pulsation calculation means.

4. A photoelectric pulsation type pulsimeter according to claim 1;

wherein said pulse width evaluation means includes storing means for storing a minimum evaluation reference value and selecting means for selecting an evaluation reference value from stored data of said storing means.

5. A photoelectric pulsation type pulsimeter according to claim 1;

wherein said pulsation detection circuit includes a light emission device.

6. A photoelectric pulsation type pulsimeter according to claim 5;

wherein said pulsation detection circuit includes pulsation pulse detection means for detecting said pulsation pulses in a period other than the turn-on period of said light emission device.

7. A pulsimeter, comprising:

detecting means including a pulsation detection circuit for detecting a pulse and generating a pulsation signal in response thereto;

pulse width evaluation means for evaluating the pulsation signal with an evaluation reference value and generating a recognized pulsation signal in response thereto;

pulsation calculation means for calculating a pulse rate dependent on the recognized pulsation signal; and

display means for displaying the pulse rate.

8. A pulsimeter according to claim 7;

further comprising reference signal generating means for generating a reference signal; and

wherein the pulse width evaluation means includes means for determining the evaluation reference value dependent on the pulse rate and the reference signal.

9. A pulsimeter according to claim 7;

wherein the pulse width evaluation means includes means for evaluating plural evaluation reference values dependent on the pulse rate.

10. A pulsimeter according to claim 7;

wherein the pulse width evaluation means includes storing means for storing a minimum evaluation reference value and selecting means for selecting an evaluation reference value from data stored in the storing means.

11. A pulsimeter according to claim 7;

wherein the detecting means includes a light emission device.

12. A pulsimeter according to claim 11;

wherein the pulsation detection circuit includes pulsation pulse detecting means for detecting the pulse in a period other than a turn-on period of the light emission device.