Blood pressure monitor

• US 7,211,047 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2005
• Issued: 05/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: IDT Technology Limited (IDT International Limited)
• Original Assignee: IDT Technology Limited (IDT International Limited)
• Inventors: Chan, Raymond
• Primary Examiner(s): Marmor, II; Charles A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mallari; Patricia C
• Application Number:
  US11/108,695
• Publication Number:
  US 20060235311A1
• Time in Patent Office: 742 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 600/485
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02141 Details of apparatus construction, e.g. pump units or housings therefor, cuff pressurising systems, arrangements of fluid conduits or circuits A61B5/02233, A61B5/0235 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/022 by applying pressure to close blood vessels, e.g. against the skin; Ophthalmodynamometers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices

Abstract

A portable blood pressure measuring device comprises a casing, a pressure sensor sensing oscillations in pressure from a cuff attached to a user, and a microprocessor for determining blood pressure based on the oscillations in pressure sensed by the pressure sensor. A signal converter provided in the casing converts data from the pressure sensor into data for the microprocessor. A voice processor provided in the casing receives data from the microprocessor and generates a voice signal indicative of the blood pressure sensed by the pressure sensor.

Claims

1. A portable blood pressure measuring device comprising:

a casing;

a pressure sensor for sensing oscillations in pressure from a cuff, when the cuff is attached to a user;

a microprocessor provided in the casing for determining blood pressure based on the oscillations in pressure sensed by the pressure sensor;

a signal converter provided in the casing for operatively converting data from the pressure sensor into data for processing by the microprocessor;

a voice processor provided in the casing, receiving data from the microprocessor and generating a voice signal indicative of blood pressure determined by the microprocessor;

time-keeping means associated with the microprocessor for time keeping and providing the time and a daily alarm; and

memory means connected to the microprocessor for operatively storing values of blood pressure determined by the microprocessor against time of measurement, wherein the microprocessor is programmed to determine an optimal time of the day for blood pressure measurement, based on the blood pressure values against time stored in the memory means, and to indicate the optimal time.

2. The measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the time-keeping means is controlled by the microprocessor to provide a daily alarm at the optimal time.

3. The measuring device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the voice processor is controlled by the microprocessor to generate a voice signal at the optimal time according to the time-keeping means, acting as the daily alarm.

4. The measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the microprocessor is programmed to identify, from the blood pressure values against time stored in the memory means, occurrence of borderline or high blood pressure twice within a predetermined period and then to provide an alert signal.

5. The measuring device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the microprocessor provides the alert signal by controlling the voice processor to generate a voice signal recommending medical attention.