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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
May. 25, 2000
Lawrence A. Lavery, San Antonio, TX (US);
Mauli Agrawal, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, San Antonio, TX (US);
George P. Constantinides, San Antonio, TX (US);
Dan R. Lanctot, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ruben G. Zamorano, San Antonio, TX (US);
Salix Medical, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for monitoring items of vital health information including temperature of the plantar aspects of the foot of the human, body weight, blood pressure, pulse rate, blood glucose level and blood oxygen level. The apparatus includes a platform on which the user stands. Included on the platform are a set of heat sensitive signal generating devices. The temperature at predetermined locations on the plantar aspects of the human foot are determined by the signals obtained from the individual heat sensitive, signal generating probes. Other items of vital health information may be obtained by other sensors on the apparatus.