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公开(公告)号:US20170340219A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-30
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 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/1455 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/053
CPC classification number: A61B5/02125 , A61B5/02416 , A61B5/04085 , A61B5/053 , A61B5/14551 , A61B5/681 , A61B5/6824
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:US20170360306A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-21
申请号:US15507659
申请日:2015-09-08
Applicant: Apple, Inc.
Inventor: Ravi Narasimhan , Zijing Zeng , Richard C. Kimoto , Erno Klaassen , Thomas J. Sullivan , Derek Park-Shing Young , Todd K. Whitehurst
Abstract: The present invention generally relates to blood pressure monitoring. In some embodiments, methods and devices of measuring a mean arterial pressure are provided and/or monitoring blood pressure changes. A wrist-worn device may include a plurality of sensors backed by a plurality of actuators. Subsets of the plurality of sensors may be selectively actuateable against a wrist of a user using one or more of the plurality of actuators. A preferred sensor and location may be identified based on pressure signals received from each of the sensors. In some embodiments, devices may use a fluid bladder coupled with piezoelectric film sensors. A fluid bladder pressure sensor may be used to calibrate the piezoelectric film signal to provide a static and dynamic pressure reading. In yet another embodiment, a mean arterial pressure may be calculated by processing a swept pressure signal obtained as a sensor is swept through different heights.
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公开(公告)号:US10702171B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-07
申请号:US15507659
申请日:2015-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ravi Narasimhan , Zijing Zeng , Richard C. Kimoto , Erno Klaassen , Thomas J. Sullivan , Derek Park-Shing Young , Todd K. Whitehurst
Abstract: The present invention generally relates to blood pressure monitoring. In some embodiments, methods and devices of measuring a mean arterial pressure are provided and/or monitoring blood pressure changes. A wrist-worn device may include a plurality of sensors backed by a plurality of actuators. Subsets of the plurality of sensors may be selectively actuateable against a wrist of a user using one or more of the plurality of actuators. A preferred sensor and location may be identified based on pressure signals received from each of the sensors. In some embodiments, devices may use a fluid bladder coupled with piezoelectric film sensors. A fluid bladder pressure sensor may be used to calibrate the piezoelectric film signal to provide a static and dynamic pressure reading. In yet another embodiment, a mean arterial pressure may be calculated by processing a swept pressure signal obtained as a sensor is swept through different heights.
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公开(公告)号:US20170281024A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-05
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
CPC classification number: A61B5/02125 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/02416 , A61B5/11 , A61B5/1102 , A61B5/681 , A61B5/6824
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-plethysmogram (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:US10772512B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-15
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
IPC: A61B5/021 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/11 , A61B5/1455 , G06F19/00
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: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: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: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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