Portable equipment for measuring and/or monitoring the heart rate
US7175601B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/11
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Portable equipment including in combination a heart rate measuring device and a sound reproduction unit including means for supplying a signal representative of the sound reproduction and for supplying sound information to a sound transducer, wherein said measuring device and said sound transducer are mounted at least in part in an assembly adapted to be fixed to an ear of a wearer of the equipment and, wherein said sound reproduction unit includes means for optionally substituting for and/or superimposing on said signal representative of said sound reproduction a signal generated from signals from said measuring device and representative of said heart rate. The equipment can take the form of a walkman, for example, or a hearing aid for the hard of hearing.
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