Monitoring device with an accelerometer, method and system
US8172761B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/6831
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A monitoring device for monitoring the vital signs of a user is disclosed herein. The monitoring device is preferably comprises an article, an optical sensor, an accelerometer and processor. The optical sensor preferably comprises a photodetector and a plurality of light emitting diodes. A sensor signal from the optical sensor is processed with a filtered accelerometer output signal from the accelerometer to create a filtered vital sign signal used to generate a real-time vital sign for a user.
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