Cuffless blood-pressure monitor and accompanying wireless mobile device

• US 20050228300A1
• Filed: 10/18/2004
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Triage Wireless, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Triage Data Networks
• Inventors: Morris, Brett, Banet, Matthew J., Visser, Henk, Jaime, Manuel
• Application Number:
  US10/967,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20050228300A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/485
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

The present invention provides a system for monitoring blood pressure that preferably includes: 1) a blood-pressure monitor featuring a measuring component that generates blood-pressure information and a first short-range wireless component configured to wirelessly transmit the blood-pressure information; 2) a mobile device featuring a chipset that includes i) an embedded second short-range wireless component configured to receive the blood-pressure information; and ii) a long-range wireless component configured to transmit the blood-pressure information over a wireless network; and 3) a computer system configured to receive and display the blood-pressure information.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring blood pressure, the system comprising:

a blood-pressure monitor comprising a measuring component that generates blood-pressure information and a first short-range wireless component configured to wirelessly transmit the blood-pressure information;

a mobile device comprising a chipset that includes;

i) an embedded second short-range wireless component configured to receive the blood-pressure information from the first short-range wireless component; and

ii) a long-range wireless component configured to transmit the blood-pressure information over a wireless network; and

a computer system configured to receive and display the blood-pressure information transmitted by the long-range wireless component.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second short-range wireless components operate a wireless protocol based on Bluetooth™

, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.1g, or 802.15.4.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a cellular phone or a personal digital assistant.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the chipset is configured to wirelessly transmit information over a terrestrial wireless network.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the chipset comprises a microprocessor that supports a software application configured to receive information from the blood-pressure monitor.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the software application is configured to display blood-pressure information on a display of the mobile device.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the software application is configured to analyze the blood-pressure information.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the software application is configured to graphically display the blood-pressure information.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the software application is configured to store the blood-pressure information and transmit it at a later time.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the software application is configured to transmit the blood-pressure information when the mobile device roams into wireless coverage.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the measuring component comprises an optical system configured to measure blood pressure from a patient.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the measurement component comprises a wrist-worn component and a finger-worn component.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the measurement system is configured to measure blood pressure, heart rate, and pulse oximetry from a patient.

14. A system for monitoring vital signs, comprising:

a vital-sign monitor comprising a measuring component that generates vital-sign information and a first short-range wireless component configured to wirelessly transmit the vital-sign information;

a mobile device comprising a chipset that includes;

i) an embedded second short-range wireless component configured to receive the vital-sign information from the first short-range wireless component; and

ii) a long-range wireless component configured to transmit the vital-sign information over a wireless network; and

a computer system configured to receive and display the vital-sign information transmitted by the long-range wireless component.

15. A system for monitoring blood pressure, comprising:

a blood pressure monitor comprising a measuring component that generates blood-pressure information and a first short-range wireless component configured to wirelessly transmit the blood-pressure information;

a removable wireless component that connects to a serial port of a mobile device and comprises a second short-range wireless component configured to receive the blood-pressure information and send the blood-pressure information to the mobile device; and

a computer system configured to receive the blood-pressure information from the mobile device and display the blood-pressure information on an interface.

16. A method for monitoring a patient'"'"'s real-time vital signs, the method comprising:

obtaining real-time vital sign measurements from a patient using a monitor attached to the patient;

wirelessly transmitting the real-time vital sign information from the monitor to a mobile device;

wirelessly transmitting the real-time vital sign information from the mobile device to a network;

receiving the real-time vital information over the network at a computer system; and

displaying the real-time vital sign information on the computer system.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the real-time vital sign information is the patient'"'"'s blood-pressure information.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the real-time vital sign information is the patient'"'"'s diastolic blood-pressure, systolic blood pressure, pulse oximetry and heart rate.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the monitor comprises a first short-range wireless component that operates a wireless protocol based on Bluetooth™

, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.1g, or 802.15.4.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the mobile device is a cellular phone or a personal digital assistant.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the monitor comprises an optical system configured to measure blood pressure from a patient.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the monitor comprises a wrist-worn component and a finger-worn component.

23. A system for monitoring blood pressure, the system comprising:

a blood-pressure monitor comprising a measuring component that generates blood-pressure information;

means for short-range wireless transmission of the blood-pressure information from the blood-pressure monitor;

a mobile device comprising means for receiving the blood-pressure information from the short-range wireless transmission means and means for long-range wireless transmission of the blood-pressure information over a wireless network; and

means to receive and display the blood-pressure information transmitted by the long-range wireless transmission means.