Digital portable pulse oximeter and battery-powered control method thereof

• US 9,402,572 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Contec Medical Systems Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Contec Medical Systems Company Limited
• Inventors: Hu, Kun, Xu, Yunlong, Gao, Ruibin, Yang, Zhen, Zhang, Jinling, Wu, Di, Jiang, Ruijie
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Tse
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fardanesh, Marjan
• Application Number:
  US13/991,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20140194712A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,607 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0204 of power management
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14552 Details of sensors specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger

Abstract

The present invention relates to a digital portable pulse oximeter and battery-powered control method thereof. The automatic switching of the power supply is achieved by adding a Hall circuit, and the data displayed is allowed to always face the users by adding an acceleration sensor to the circuit. The advantageous effects of the present invention compared with the prior art are: Users can always read the data from the front side no matter which way they move. The digital portable pulse oximeter of the present invention can be automatically turned on just by inserting a finger, without having to press the switch button, and cut off the power supply by pulling out the finger, as well as judge intelligently whether to continue the measurement after the finger has been pulled out. If yes, the power supply will stay on, which reduces the energy waste and low efficiency caused by the restarting program initialization, improves the use efficiency of the battery and prolongs the battery life.

Claims

1. A digital portable pulse oximeter comprising:

a housing body having an upper housing body and a lower housing body, which are disposed such that they are stacked together, one end of both the upper housing body and the lower housing body being a measurement end where a finger is placed;

a pivot and a reset spring being disposed between the upper housing body and the lower housing body enabling them to be opened and closed at the measurement end;

a display window being disposed at outside of and atop the upper housing body, a display being disposed inside the display window;

a power supply battery; and

a measurement analysis circuit being disposed in the housing body, the measurement analysis circuit comprising a light-frequency converter, an infrared light emitting diode, a light-emitting driving circuit and a microprocessor;

the microprocessor having a power supply stay-on output pin, the light-frequency converter and the light emitting diode being respectively disposed in the upper housing body and the lower housing body at the measurement end of the housing body;

the infrared light emitting diode connecting to the light-emitting driving circuit, the interface circuit of the microprocessor connecting to the light-emitting driving circuit, the light-frequency converter and the display, respectively, wherein an acceleration sensor and a power supply switching-control circuit are also disposed in the housing body, the electrical signal of the acceleration sensor connects to the interface circuit of the microprocessor,

wherein said power supply switching-control circuit comprises a Hall switch sensor, a magnet and a switch circuit, the Hall switch sensor and the magnet are respectively disposed in the upper housing body and the lower housing body at the measurement end of the housing body, said magnet induces the output pin of the Hall switch sensor to generate a high-low potential change through the opening and closing of the upper housing body and the lower housing body, the switch circuit includes a dual-input logic control gate circuit and a power switch device, the output pin of the Hall switch sensor connects to one input end of the dual-input logic control gate circuit, the power supply stay-on output pin of the microprocessor connects to the other input end of the dual-input logic control gate circuit, the output end of the dual-input logic control gate circuit connects to the control pin of the power switch device, the input of the power switch device connects to the power supply battery, and the outputs of the power switch device connect to the measurement analysis circuit and the display.

2. The digital portable pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dual-input logic control gate circuit consists of four dual-input NAND gates, which are the first dual-input NAND gate, the second dual-input NAND gate, the third dual-input NAND gate and the fourth dual-input NAND gate, respectively;

the two input ends of the first dual-input NAND gate connect to the output pin of the Hall chip after they are shorted out, the output of the first dual-input NAND gate connects to one input of the second dual-input NAND gate, the other input of the second dual-input NAND gate connects to the output of the fourth dual-input NAND gate, the two input ends of the third-dual NAND gate connect to the output of the second dual-input NAND gate after they are shorted out, the output of the second dual-input NAND gate simultaneously connects to one input of the fourth dual-input NAND gate, the other input of the fourth dual-input NAND gate connects to the power supply stay-on output pin of the microprocessor, and the output of the third dual-input NAND gate connects to the control pin of the power switch device, the said power switch device is a P-channel power FET.

3. The digital portable pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 2, wherein the input ends of the first dual-input NAND gate connect to a 100K ohmics resistance and a magnetic bead concatenated in series, one end of the magnetic bead connects to the negative pole of the battery, and the concatenated end of the magnetic bead and the resistance is the negative pole of the power supply of the measurement analysis circuit.

4. A digital portable pulse oximeter power supply control method comprising providing the digital portable pulse oximeter according to claim 1, wherein:

a. the battery powers the measurement analysis circuit and the display of the oximeter, the upper housing body and the lower housing body of the oximeter at the measuring end are opened, the output pin of the Hall switch sensor generates a high potential, which causes the output of the dual-input logic control gate circuit to control the power switch device into conduction;

b. within a certain time, the microprocessor determines whether a blood oxygen signal is measured, whether a finger has ever been placed in the oximeter within a certain time;

b1. if there is a blood oxygen signal measured, the power supply will stay on, the power supply stay-on output pin of the microprocessor outputs a power supply stay-on signal;

b2. if there is no blood oxygen signal measured, a signal requiring to cut off the power supply will be sent out, the power supply stay-on output pin of the microprocessor outputs a signal of cutting off the power supply stay-on;

c. the microprocessor determines whether the upper housing body and the lower housing body at the measurement end of the oximeter housing body are still open, whether the output pin of the Hall chip is still generating a high potential;

c1. if the output pin of the Hall switch sensor generates a high potential, the power supply will stay on;

c2. if the output pin of the Hall switch sensor generates a low potential, the output of the dual-input logic control gate circuit will control the power switch device into non-conduction, and the power supply will be cut off.

5. The digital portable pulse oximeter power supply control method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the said certain time is 5 seconds.

6. The digital portable pulse oximeter power supply control method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the dual-input logic control gate circuit consists of four dual-input NAND gates, which are the first dual-input NAND gate, the second dual-input NAND gate, the third dual-input NAND gate and the fourth dual-input NAND gate, respectively;

the two input ends of the first dual-input NAND gate connect to the output pin of the Hall chip after they are shorted out, the output of the first dual-input NAND gate connects to one input of the second dual-input NAND gate, the other input of the second dual-input NAND gate connects to the output of the fourth dual-input NAND gate, the two input ends of the third-dual NAND gate connect to the output of the second dual-input NAND gate after they are shorted out, the output of the second dual-input NAND gate simultaneously connects to one input of the fourth dual-input NAND gate, the other input of the fourth dual-input NAND gate connects to the power supply stay-on output pin of the microprocessor, and the output of the third dual-input NAND gate connects to the control pin of the power switch device, the said power switch device is a P-channel power FET.

7. The digital portable pulse oximeter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the acceleration sensor enables the data displayed to always face the users.