Wearable monitoring device
First Claim
1. A wearable device, comprising:
- a housing;
at least one optical emitter supported by the housing, wherein the at least one optical emitter is configured to generate modulated light;
at least one optical detector supported by the housing; and
a tip removably secured to the housing, wherein the tip is configured to surround a portion of the housing, wherein the tip comprises an optically transparent polymeric material and has an outer surface and an inner surface that surrounds a central channel that extends in a first direction, wherein an optical barrier extends through the polymeric material between the tip outer surface and the tip inner surface in asecond direction that is transverse to the first direction and such that the tip is separated by the optical barrier into first and second portions that are optically isolated from each other, wherein the first portion of the tip directs light from the at least one optical emitter to a body of a subject wearing the device, and wherein the second portion of the tip directs light from the body of the subject to the at least one optical detector, wherein the optical barrier is configured to reduce optical communication between the first and second portions of the tip.
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Abstract
A wearable device includes a housing, at least one optical emitter supported by the housing, wherein the at least one optical emitter is configured to generate modulated light, at least one optical detector supported by the housing, and a tip removably secured to the housing. The tip includes first and second portions, wherein the first portion directs light along a first path from the at least one optical emitter to a body of a subject wearing the device, and wherein the second portion directs light from the body of the subject to the optical detector along a second path that is different from the first path. The device may also include an analog-to-digital converter, a motion sensor, and a processor. The processor executes a first filter that attenuates sunlight noise and a second filter that attenuates motion artifacts.
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17 Claims
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1. A wearable device, comprising:
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a housing; at least one optical emitter supported by the housing, wherein the at least one optical emitter is configured to generate modulated light; at least one optical detector supported by the housing; and a tip removably secured to the housing, wherein the tip is configured to surround a portion of the housing, wherein the tip comprises an optically transparent polymeric material and has an outer surface and an inner surface that surrounds a central channel that extends in a first direction, wherein an optical barrier extends through the polymeric material between the tip outer surface and the tip inner surface in asecond direction that is transverse to the first direction and such that the tip is separated by the optical barrier into first and second portions that are optically isolated from each other, wherein the first portion of the tip directs light from the at least one optical emitter to a body of a subject wearing the device, and wherein the second portion of the tip directs light from the body of the subject to the at least one optical detector, wherein the optical barrier is configured to reduce optical communication between the first and second portions of the tip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wearable device, comprising:
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a housing; at least one optical emitter within the housing, wherein the at least one optical emitter is configured to generate modulated light; at least one optical detector within the housing; and a tip removably secured to the housing, wherein the tip is configured to surround at least a portion of the housing, wherein the tip comprises optically transparent polymeric material and has an outer surface and an inner surface that surrounds a central channel that extends in a first direction, wherein an optical barrier extends through the polymeric material between the tip outer surface and the tip inner surface in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction and such that the tip is separated by the optical barrier into first and second portions that are optically isolated from each other, wherein the first portion of the tip is configured to optically couple with the at least one optical emitter and direct light from the at least one optical emitter through the first portion to a body of a subject wearing the device, and wherein a second portion of the tip is configured to optically couple with the at least one optical detector and direct light from the body of the subject through the second portion to the at least one optical detector. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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