Health watch

• US 5,337,290 A
• Filed: 02/03/1992
• Issued: 08/09/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Louis E. Sansone, Phillip Ventimiglia
• Original Assignee: Louis E. Sansone, Phillip Ventimiglia
• Inventors: Sansone, Louis E., Ventimiglia, Phillip
• Primary Examiner(s): Miska, Vit W.
• Application Number:
  US07/829,428
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 368/10, 368/82, 368/84, 221/2, 221/3, 221/15
• US Class Current: 368/10
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/00 Measuring for diagnostic purposes radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00; Identification of persons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow; Combined pulse/heart-rate/blood pressure determination; Evaluating a cardiovascular condition not otherwise provided for, e.g. using combinations of techniques provided for in this group with electrocardiography or electroauscultation; Heart catheters for measuring blood pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/025 for measuring physiological data
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD

Abstract

A Health-Watch that provides nearly instant access to critical medical data. It is worn on the wrist like a conventional wrist watch and contains two levels of data. The first level, which contains the most critical medical data, can be displayed on the watch'"'"'s alphanumeric display screen. The second level of data, which is of lower priority and is frequently more detailed, can be accessed by an external data terminal via a serial data port on the Health-Watch. The Health-Watch combines all circuitry including memory onto a single Application Specific Integrated Circuit. An UPDATE mode provides for updating medical data.

Claims

1. A Health-Watch comprising:

a. a watch case;

b. an alphanumeric screen disposed on said watch case, displays both conventional and health-related information on said alphanumeric display screen, a first level of data sets is displayed on said alphanumeric screen and a second level of data sets is transmitted to an external data terminal via a data interface, said first level of data comprises high priority medical information and said second level comprises lower priority, one of the first level of data sets comprises medications currently being taken, one of the first level of data sets comprises a list of chronic conditions, one of the first level of data sets comprises a list of vital signs, one of the first level of data sets comprises a list of allergies, one of the first level of data sets comprises personal information, one of the first level of data sets comprises the time, one of the first level of data sets comprises the date, one of the first level of data sets comprises alarm settings, one of the first level of data sets comprises chronograph information, said alphanumeric screen further comprises a region which displays headings for each of said first level of data sets such that when one data set is displayed, or about to be displayed, the heading corresponding to that data set is highlighted, said alphanumeric screen further comprises an indicator that displays one indication if the information on said screen is complete and displays another indication if said data continues thereby allowing a user to scroll to the next screen, said alphanumeric screen has three display regions, they are alphanumeric data, logo and the active mode, fi the Health-Watch is left in any medical display mode for more than some pre-determined period of time, the display automatically returns to the display of time,

c. electronic circuitry for timing, alarm, data storage, data retrieval, data interface, and data display, disposed within said watch case and contains an Application Integrated circuit including a central processing unit and an Input/Output controller connected to said central processing unit, a display driver that takes data from said central processing unit and converts it into the electrical signals required by said alphanumeric display, a program read only memory ROM connected to said central processing unit, wherein said ROM contains the operating program for the Health-Watch, a non-volatile memory connected to said central processing unit wherein said non-volatile memory contains said data sets, a clock circuit connected to said CPU, and a serial port connected to said central processing unit such that data in serial format can be input or output from said port using only two conductors so that Health-Watch can be controlled or accessed by an accessory data terminal, one of the second level of data sets comprises family history, one of the second level of data sets comprises history of illnesses, one of the second level of data sets comprises immunization history, one of the second level of data sets comprises operations, one of the second level of data sets comprises results of tests,

d. a MODE button that allows a user to select the mode of data to be displayed and a LAP/CONTINUE button that allows a user to scroll between two display screens, the LAP function is used to time laps when the Health watch is used as a chronograph and the CONTINUE function is used to scroll the next screen if there is more data to display than will fit on a single screen;

e. a transducer that converts said electrical signals into sound for audible alarms; and

f. a computer interface, connected to the output of said serial port, a two conductor plug that can be inserted into said computer interface, a two conductor cable, and an adaptor on the end of said two conductor cable, such that said adaptor may be plugged into an accessory computer, said adaptor conforms to the RS-232 protocol.