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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 27, 2006
Matthew John Banet, Del Mar, CA (US);
Michael James Thompson, San Diego, CA (US);
Zhou Zhou, La Jolla, CA (US);
Henk Visser, Ii, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew John Banet, Del Mar, CA (US);
Michael James Thompson, San Diego, CA (US);
Zhou Zhou, La Jolla, CA (US);
Henk Visser, II, San Diego, CA (US);
Sotera Wireless, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention features a monitoring device that measures a patient's vital signs (e.g.). The device features a first sensor configured to attach to a first portion of the patient's body that includes: i)a first electrode configured to generate a first electrical signal fron the first portion of the patient's body; ii)a first light-emitting component; and iii)a first photodetector configured to receive radiation from the first portion of the patient's body after the radiation is emitted by the first light-emiting component and in response generate a first optical waveform. The device also features a second sensor that includes essentially the same components. An amplifier system, in electrical contact with the first and second electrodes, receives first and second electrical signal from the two sensors to generate an electrical waveform. A processor, in electrical contact with the amplifier system, receives the electrical waveform, the first optical waveform, and the second optical waveform. The processor runs computer code that processes the input waveforms with an algorithm to determine at least one of the patient's vital signs.