Non-touch optical detection of vital signs

US8965090B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• ARC Devices Limited · IE

Inventors

• Mark Khachaturian · Boca Raton, US
• Michael G. Smith · Austin, US
• Irwin Gross · Boca Raton, US
• Martin Crawley · Belfast, GB
• Steven Gerst · Boca Raton, US
• John Barrett · Cork, IE
• Michael Cronin · West Hollywood, US
• Derek Turnbull · Cork, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2014
• Grant date: Feb 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 31, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H40/63
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A microprocessor is operably coupled to a camera from which patient vital signs are determined. A temporal variation of images from the camera is generated and amplified from which the patient vital sign, such as heart rate or respiratory rate, can be determined and displayed or stored.