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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Jozef Hubertus Gelissen, Herten, NL;
Rainer Hilbig, Aachen, DE;
Achim Rudolf Hilgers, Alsdorf, DE;
Mustafa Ghassan Radha, Steensel, NL;
Koen Theo Johan De Groot, Sevenum, NL;
Reinder Haakma, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02416 (2013.01); A61B 5/02255 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 5/6824 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical vital signs sensor () is provided, which comprises a PPG sensor (), a force transducer () configured to measure a force applied via the PPG sensor () to a skin () of the user and a processing unit () configured to extract information regarding a blood volume pulse from the output of the PPG sensor () and to map the extracted information to the blood pressure value at a specific force applied to the PPG sensor ().