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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Ryna Karnik, Redmond, WA (US);
Hamid Shayesteh-pour, Woodinville, WA (US);
Vinod L. Hingorani, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 5/02427 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/1123 (2013.01); A61B 5/486 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 5/6885 (2013.01); A61B 5/7214 (2013.01); A61B 5/7267 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/721 (2013.01); A61B 5/7221 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pressure sensor comprises an optical source configured to illuminate the tissue of a user, and an optical sensor configured to measure reflected illumination from the tissue. A compute system is configured to output a pressure between a surface of the optical sensor and the tissue as a function of the measured reflected illumination.