Portable blood pressure measuring device and method of measuring blood pressure
First Claim
1. A method of blood pressure monitoring, comprising the steps of:
- mounting a transducer on a user'"'"'s body so that it detects at least one of spatial displacement and pressure variations caused by blood flow through an artery;
mounting a blood pressure measuring device which provides accurate and diagnostically meaningful blood pressure results on a user'"'"'s body;
collecting calibration data for the transducer while so mounted by comparing a transducer output signal with an output from said blood pressure measuring device;
determining a base pressure applied to the transducer by the step of mounting the transducer to maintain substantially constant pressure on the transducer within a predetermined range of values;
disconnecting said blood pressure measuring device from the user'"'"'s body;
after disconnecting said blood pressure measuring device, measuring the output signals of the mounted transducer; and
computing blood pressure from at least said measured transducer output signals and said calibration data.
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Abstract
A non-invasive, non-intrusive, convenient and portable device for monitoring a user'"'"'s arterial blood pressure is provided. The continuous blood pressure monitoring device includes a transducer mounted to detect arterial wall movement caused by blood flow through an artery of the user and means for measuring the output signals of the transducer and accurately converting these signals to systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings on a continuous basis. Calibration data is collected by periodically comparing transducer output signals and the simultaneous outputs of a separate diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device (such as a cuff sphygmomanometer), which is not coupled to the device during normal blood pressure monitoring. Blood pressure is computed from the measured transducer output signals and the calibration data.
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87 Claims
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1. A method of blood pressure monitoring, comprising the steps of:
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mounting a transducer on a user'"'"'s body so that it detects at least one of spatial displacement and pressure variations caused by blood flow through an artery; mounting a blood pressure measuring device which provides accurate and diagnostically meaningful blood pressure results on a user'"'"'s body; collecting calibration data for the transducer while so mounted by comparing a transducer output signal with an output from said blood pressure measuring device; determining a base pressure applied to the transducer by the step of mounting the transducer to maintain substantially constant pressure on the transducer within a predetermined range of values; disconnecting said blood pressure measuring device from the user'"'"'s body; after disconnecting said blood pressure measuring device, measuring the output signals of the mounted transducer; and computing blood pressure from at least said measured transducer output signals and said calibration data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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5. A method of blood pressure monitoring, comprising the steps:
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mounting a transducer on a user'"'"'s body so that it detects at least one of spatial displacement and pressure variations caused by blood flow through an artery; collecting calibration data for the transducer while so mounted by comparing a transducer output signal with an output from a blood pressure measuring device which provides accurate and diagnostically meaningful blood pressure results; determining a base pressure applied to the transducer by the mounting step to maintain substantially constant pressure on the transducer within a predetermined range of values; measuring the output signals of said mounted transducers; computing blood pressure from at least said measured transducer output signals and said calibration data; and evaluating a computed blood pressure to determine if it falls within a predetermined range, and storing at least values outside of said range.
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19. A method of blood pressure monitoring, comprising the steps of:
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mounting a transducer on a user'"'"'s body so that it detects at least one of spatial displacement and pressure variations caused by blood flow through an artery; operatively couple an accurate and diagnostically meaningful blood pressure measuring device which provides accurate and diagnostically meaningful blood pressure results to a user'"'"'s body and operatively coupling the transducer and diagnostically meaningful blood pressure measuring device; collecting calibration data for the transducer while so mounted by comparing a transducer output signal with an output from said diagnostically meaningful blood pressure measuring device to provide a stored calibration table having a plurality of values; operatively separating the transducer and diagnostically meaningful blood pressure measuring device and physically disconnecting the diagnostically meaningful blood pressure measuring device from the user'"'"'s body, so that the collection of calibration data is discontinued; after separating and disconnecting the blood pressure measuring device, measuring the output signals of the mounted transducer; and computing blood pressure from at least the transducer output signals and said calibration data from said calibration table. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A blood pressure monitoring device for monitoring arterial blood pressure from an artery of a user by use of a separate diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device for calibration, comprising:
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a transducer producing an output in response to at least one of spatial displacement and pressure variations caused by blood flow through an artery; means for mounting said transducer on a user'"'"'s body so that the transducer can detect at least one of spatial displacement and pressure variations caused by blood flow through an artery; means for determining the base pressure applied to the transducer by the mounting means; means for setting said base pressure to a level within a predetermined range of values; means for measuring signal outputs of said mounted transducer; means for selectively providing data representative of the blood pressure of a user as measured by a diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device; means for collecting said diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device data and measured output signals of said mounted transducer representing essentially simultaneous measurements of blood pressure and storing these collected corresponding values; and means for computing blood pressure from at least said measured output signals of said mounted transducer and said collected corresponding values with said means for computing blood pressure and said means for collecting disconnected from said diagnostically accurate blood pressure device. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A blood pressure monitoring device for monitoring arterial blood pressure from an artery of a user by use of a separate diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device for producing data representative of the blood pressure of the user when selectively operatively coupled to the user for calibration purposes, comprising:
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a transducer for producing an output in response to variations caused by blood flow through an artery; means for mounting said transducer on a user'"'"'s body so that said transducer can detect at least one of spatial displacement and pressure variations caused by blood flow through an artery; means for measuring output signals of said mounted transducer; means for collecting data from said diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device and measured output signals of said mounted transducer representing essentially simultaneous measurements of blood pressure by said mounted transducer and said diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device when operatively coupled to the user and storing a plurality of these collected corresponding values, said collecting means being operatively coupled to said mounted transducer; means for selectively connecting said diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device to said means for collecting data when said diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device is operatively and physically coupled to the user'"'"'s body and for physically disconnecting said diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device from said means for collecting data when said diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device is not operatively and physically coupled with the user'"'"'s body; and means operatively coupled to said transducer and to said means for collecting data for automatically computing blood pressure from said measured output signals of said mounted transducer and said collected corresponding values when said means for collecting data is disconnected from said diagnostically accurate blood pressure device, said computing means functioning even when said diagnostically accurate blood pressure measuring device is operatively and physically disconnected from the user. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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