Body-held monitoring device for physical condition

• US 5,670,944 A
• Filed: 03/08/1996
• Issued: 09/23/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: International Business Innovations Limited
• Original Assignee: Matti Myllymaki
• Inventors: Myllymaki, Matti
• Primary Examiner(s): MULLEN, THOMAS J
• Application Number:
  US08/605,226
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 340/573, 340/539, 340/691, 340/693, 340/522, 128/903, 128/782, 128/774, 128/736, 128/734, 128/690, 128/687, 364/413.03, 364/413.04
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/07 Home care
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0533 Measuring galvanic skin response
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1104 induced by stimuli or drugs; A61B5/1102 takes precedence; investigating medicinal preparations G01N33/15
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/903 Radio telemetry

Abstract

A body-held monitoring device monitors a physical condition and/or a performance condition. A plurality of transducers (3-6) each measure various quantities indicating a physical condition and/or a performance condition. The plurality of transducers includes a multiple detector transducer (4-6) designed by a film technique. The transducers are monitored by means of a microprocessor (9) that provides information indicating the physical condition and/or performance condition of a monitored person in such a manner that a comparison of a plurality of different transducer signals is used to compensate for an anomaly from an individual transducer. A body-held transducer unit (1) has a skin-contacting surface carrying at least some of the transducers, and a wrist-held display and detector unit (2) displays the information indicating a physical condition and/or performance condition by means of a display and/or a sound signal.

Claims

1. A body-held monitoring device for a physical condition and/or a performance condition, comprising:

a plurality of transducers each measuring various quantities indicating a physical condition and/or a performance condition, the plurality of transducers including a multiple detector transducer designed by a film technique;

wherein the transducers are monitored by means of a microprocessor that provides information indicating the physical condition and/or performance condition of a monitored person in such a manner that a comparison of a plurality of different transducer signals is used to compensate for an anomaly from an individual transducer;

a body-held transducer unit having a skin-contacting surface carrying at least some of the transducers; and

a wrist-held display and detector unit from which the information indicating a physical condition and/or performance condition is obtainable by means of a display and/or a sound signal.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the multiple detector transducer is provided with polymerized or plasma-sputtered temperature and skin conductivity transducers.

3. A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the microprocessor for processing the transducer signals is included in the body-held transducer unit.

4. A device as set forth in claim 3, wherein the transducer unit is provided with a two-way wireless communication link with the wrist-held display and detector unit.

5. A device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the microprocessor is set for continuous surveillance of a performance condition, the information indicating a performance condition being obtainable from the display and detector unit continuously or whenever desired.

6. A body-held monitoring device for a physical condition and/or a performance condition, comprising:

a plurality of transducers each measuring various quantities indicating a physical condition and/or a performance condition, the plurality of transducers including a multiple detector transducer designed by a film technique;

a body-held transducer unit fastenable to the body and having a skin-contacting surface carrying at least some of the plurality of transducers;

a microprocessor that provides information indicating the physical condition and/or performance condition of a monitored person in such a manner that a comparison of a plurality of different transducer signals is used to compensate for an anomaly from an individual transducer; and

a display and detector unit in wireless communication with the transducer unit and from which the information indicating a physical condition and/or a performance condition is obtainable by means of a display and/or a sound signal.

7. A device as set forth in claim 6, wherein the display and detector unit is a wrist-held unit including at least one of the plurality of transducers and is provided with a two-way wireless communication link with the transducer unit.