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公开(公告)号:US10779738B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-22
申请号:US15681024
申请日:2017-08-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Thomas J. Sullivan , Wren Nancy Dougherty , Richard C. Kimoto , Erno Klaassen , Ravi Narasimhan , Stephen J. Waydo , Todd K. Whitehurst , Derek Park-Shing Young , Santiago Quijano , Zijing Zeng
IPC: A61B5/021 , A61B5/0408 , A61B5/1455 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/053
Abstract: Wrist-worn devices and related methods measure a pulse transit time non-invasively and calculate a blood pressure value using the pulse transit time. A wrist-worn device include a wrist-worn elongate band, at least four EKG or ICG electrodes coupled to the wrist-worn device for detecting a ventricular ejection of a heart, a photo-plethysmogram (PPG) sensor coupled to the wrist-worn device for detecting arrival of a blood pressure pulse at the user's wrist, and a controller configured to calculate a pulse transit time (PTT) for the blood pressure pulse. The controller calculates one or more blood pressure values for the user based on the PTT.
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公开(公告)号:US20200060617A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-27
申请号:US16669333
申请日:2019-10-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Sorin V. Dusan , Daniel J. Culbert , Todd K. Whitehurst
IPC: A61B5/00 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/0402 , A61B5/053
Abstract: A wearable device that attaches to a body part of a user via an attachment member operates in at least a connected and a disconnected state. One or more sensors located in the wearable device and/or the attachment member detect the user's body part when present. Such detection may only be performed when the attachment member is in a connected configuration and may be used to switch the wearable device between the connected and disconnected states. In this way, the wearable device operates in the connected state when worn by a user and in the disconnected state when not worn by the user.
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公开(公告)号:US10517489B2
公开(公告)日:2019-12-31
申请号:US15507607
申请日:2015-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ravi Narasimhan , Richard C. Kimoto , Thomas J. Sullivan , Todd K. Whitehurst , Derek Park-shing Young , Zijing Zeng , Erno Klaassen
Abstract: Wrist-worn devices and related methods measure a pulse transit time non-invasively and calculate a blood pressure value using the pulse transit time. A wrist-worn device includes an accelerometer, a photo-lethysmogram (PPG) or a pulse pressure sensor, and a controller. The PPG or the pulse pressure sensor coupled to the wrist-worn device for detecting an arrival of a blood pressure pulse at the user's wrist. The controller is configured to process output signals from the accelerometer to detect when the blood pressure pulse is propagated from the left ventricle of the user's heart, process a signal from the PPG or the pulse pressure sensor to detect when the blood pressure pulse arrives at the wrist, calculate a pulse transit time (PTT) for propagation of the blood pressure pulse from the left ventricle to the wrist, and generate one or more blood pressure values for the user based on the PTT.
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公开(公告)号:US20190223803A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-25
申请号:US16370031
申请日:2019-03-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tyler S. Bushnell , Steven J. Martisauskas , Erik G. de Jong , Andrzej T. Baranski , Serhan O. Isikman , Steven J. Banaska , Todd K. Whitehurst , Ming L. Sartee
Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.
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公开(公告)号:US10270898B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-23
申请号:US14599424
申请日:2015-01-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher D. Soli , Lawrence Y. Yang , Dennis S. Park , Stephen O. Lemay , Daniel S. Keen , James H. Foster , Zachery Kennedy , Michael O'Reilly , Guy L. Tribble , Todd K. Whitehurst
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aggregating and sharing wellness data. The wellness data can be received by a user device from any number of sensors external or internal to the user device, from a user manually entering the wellness data, or from other users or entities. The user device can securely store the wellness data on the user device and transmit the wellness data to be stored on a remote database. A user of the device can share some or all of the wellness data with friends, relatives, caregivers, healthcare providers, or the like. The user device can further display a user's wellness data in an aggregated view of different types of wellness data. Wellness data of other users can also be viewed if authorizations from those users have been received.
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公开(公告)号:US20170340209A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-30
申请号:US15680931
申请日:2017-08-18
Applicant: Apple, Inc.
Inventor: Erno H. Klaassen , Wren Nancy Dougherty , Richard C. Kimoto , Ravi Narasimhan , Thomas J. Sullivan , Stephen J. Waydo , Todd K. Whitehurst , Santiago Quijano , Derek Park-Shing Young , Zijing Zeng
Abstract: The present invention provides non-invasive devices, methods, and systems for determining a pressure of blood within a cardiovascular system of a user, the cardiovascular system including a heart and the user having a wrist covered by skin. More particularly, the present invention discloses a variety of wrist-worn devices having a variety of sensors configured to non-invasively engage the skin on the wrist of the user for sensing a variety of user signals from the cardiovascular system of the user. Generally, approaches disclosed herein may passively track blood pressure values without any interaction required on the part of the user or may allow for on demand or point measurements of blood pressure values by having a user actively interact with the sensors of the wrist-worn device. Approaches disclosed herein further allow for absolute blood pressure values to be determined directly without the requirement for any periodic calibrations or for relative blood pressure values to be tracked so as to provide relative blood pressure indices.
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公开(公告)号:US20170007183A1
公开(公告)日:2017-01-12
申请号:US15115474
申请日:2014-01-31
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Sorin V. Dusan , Daniel J. Culbert , Todd K. Whitehurst
IPC: A61B5/00 , A61B5/0402 , A61B5/053 , A61B5/024
CPC classification number: A61B5/6831 , A61B5/02416 , A61B5/0402 , A61B5/0533 , A61B5/6824 , A61B5/6844 , A61B2560/0266
Abstract: A wearable device that attaches to a body part of a user via an attachment member operates in at least a connected and a disconnected state. One or more sensors located in the wearable device and/or the attachment member detect the user's body part when present. Such detection may only be performed when the attachment member is in a connected configuration and may be used to switch the wearable device between the connected and disconnected states. In this way, the wearable device operates in the connected state when worn by a user and in the disconnected state when not worn by the user.
Abstract translation: 经由附接构件附接到使用者的身体部位的可穿戴装置至少在连接状态和断开状态下工作。 位于可穿戴装置和/或附件中的一个或多个传感器在存在时检测使用者的身体部位。 这种检测可以仅在附接构件处于连接构造时执行,并且可以用于在可连接状态和断开状态之间切换可佩戴装置。 以这种方式,可穿戴装置在用户佩戴时处于连接状态,并且在未被用户佩戴的情况下处于断开状态。
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公开(公告)号:US12220213B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-11
申请号:US16987851
申请日:2020-08-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Erno H. Klaassen , Wren Nancy Dougherty , Richard C. Kimoto , Ravi K. Narasimhan , Thomas J. Sullivan , Stephen J. Waydo , Todd K. Whitehurst , Santiago Quijano , Derek Park-Shing Young , Zijing Zeng
Abstract: Methods and devices for obtaining a blood pressure measurement of a subject measure a transit time of a blood pulse of the subject. A method includes sensing, with a pulse ejection sensor of a wrist-worn device, ejection of blood from the left ventricle. Arrival of a resulting blood pressure pulse at the wrist is sensed via a pulse arrival sensor of the wrist-worn device. A transit time of the blood pressure pulse from the left ventricle to the wrist is determined. A relative blood pressure value of the subject is determined based on the transit time. A reference absolute blood pressure value associated with the relative blood pressure value is received. An absolute blood pressure value for the relative blood pressure value is determined based on the reference absolute blood pressure value and the relative blood pressure value.
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公开(公告)号:US20240225548A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18615370
申请日:2024-03-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tyler S. Bushnell , Steven J. Martisauskas , Erik G. de Jong , Andrzej T. Baranski , Serhan O. Isikman , Steven J. Banaska , Todd K. Whitehurst , Ming L. Sartee
CPC classification number: A61B5/6843 , A61B5/681 , G01L1/142 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/412 , A61B5/4872 , A61B2562/0261
Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component.
The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.-
公开(公告)号:US20240225547A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18444396
申请日:2024-02-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tyler S. Bushnell , Steven J. Martisauskas , Erik G. de Jong , Andrzej T. Baranski , Serhan O. Isikman , Steven J. Banaska , Todd K. Whitehurst , Ming L. Sartee
CPC classification number: A61B5/6843 , A61B5/681 , G01L1/142 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/412 , A61B5/4872 , A61B2562/0261
Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.
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