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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2012
Applicants:

Wenbo Gu, Hong Kong, CN;

Chun Zhang, Hong Kong, CN;

Tun Lam, Hong Kong, CN;

Lap Wai Lydia Leung, Hong Kong, CN;

Inventors:

Wenbo Gu, Hong Kong, CN;

Chun Zhang, Hong Kong, CN;

Tun Lam, Hong Kong, CN;

Lap Wai Lydia Leung, Hong Kong, CN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02108 (2013.01); A61B 5/0261 (2013.01); A61B 5/0082 (2013.01); A61B 5/489 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0223 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01); A61B 2562/066 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention is a blood pressure measuring device comprising an optical sensing unit adapted for detecting optical pulses at a plurality of locations on an external surface of a user. The device also comprises a processing unit coupled to the optical sensing unit for determining an optimal location from the plurality of locations based on the detected optical pulses and a pressure sensing unit adapted for detecting a pressure pulse of the user at a location of measurement. The present invention also discloses a method of measuring a blood pressure of a user using a blood pressure measurement device. The advantage of the present invention is that by using an optical sensing unit to locate the artery of the user, or to compensate the misalignment from the artery, the blood pressure is more accurately determined. With the calibration method, the deficient cuff calibration can be waived in certain circumstances.


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