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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
T. Scott Saponas, Woodinville, WA (US);
Dan Morris, Bellevue, WA (US);
Nicolas Villar, Cambridge, GB;
Shwetak Patel, Seattle, WA (US);
Greg R. Smith, Bellevue, WA (US);
Desney Tan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Orestis Vardoulis, Lausanne, CH;
Sidhant Gupta, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Wearable pulse pressure wave sensing devices are presented that generally provide a non-intrusive way to measure a pulse pressure wave travelling through an artery using a wearable device. In one implementation, the device includes an array of pressure sensors disposed on a mounting structure which is attachable to a user on an area proximate to an underlying artery. Each of the pressure sensors is capable of being mechanically coupled to the skin of the user proximate to the underlying artery. In addition, there are one or more arterial location sensors disposed on the mounting structure which identify a location on the user's skin likely overlying the artery. A pulse pressure wave is then measured using the pressure sensor of the array closest to the identified location.