Power saving uplink for biosensors

US8083674B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV · NL

Inventors

• Olaf Such · Aachen, DE
• Gereon Vogtmeier · Aachen, DE
• Josef Lauter · Geilenkirchen, DE
• Harald Reiter · Aachen, DE
• Christian Reichinger · Alsdorf, DE
• Ralf Schmidt · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2011
• Expiry date: May 28, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S128/92
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for monitoring a physiological condition of an individual. The system (1) comprises sensing means (3) arranged to pick up a first signal (M) in a first mode of the system, said first signal being representative of the physiological condition and to forward the first signal to a signal processing unit (33). The system comprises an actuatable control unit (2) positioned remote from the signal processing unit, the control unit (2) being suitable to generate a second signal (T) arranged to be superimposed on the first signal (M). The signal processing unit (33, 37) is arranged to decode the second signal and to make the system enter into a second mode upon receipt of the second signal (T).