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公开(公告)号:US11918324B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US16990650
申请日:2020-08-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Thomas J. Sullivan , Wren Nancy Dougherty , Richard C. Kimoto , Erno Klaassen , Ravi K. Narasimhan , Stephen J. Waydo , Todd K. Whitehurst , Derek Park-Shing Young , Santiago Quijano , Zijing Zeng
CPC classification number: A61B5/02125 , A61B5/14551 , A61B5/282 , A61B5/681 , A61B5/6824 , A61B5/02416 , A61B5/053
Abstract: A pulse transit time is measured non-invasively and used to calculate a blood pressure value. A method of determining one or more blood pressure values includes propagating an alternating drive current through a thorax of a subject via electrodes located on a wrist-worn device. Resulting voltage levels of the subject are sensed by the wrist-worn device. The voltage levels are processed to detect when a volume of blood is ejected from the left ventricle. Output from a pulse arrival sensor coupled to the wrist-worn device is processed to detect when a blood pressure pulse generated by ejection of the volume of blood from the left ventricle arrives at the wrist. A pulse transit time (PTT) for transit of the blood pressure pulse from the left ventricle to the wrist is calculated. One or more blood pressure values for the subject are determined based on the PTT.
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公开(公告)号:US11430571B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-30
申请号:US16388493
申请日:2019-04-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher D. Soli , Lawrence Y. Yang , Dennis S. Park , Stephen O. Lemay , Daniel S. Keen , James H. Foster , Zachery Kennedy , Michael O'Reilly , Guy L. Tribble , Todd K. Whitehurst
IPC: G16H40/67 , G16H10/60 , G16H20/40 , G16H40/63 , H04W4/90 , H04M1/72421 , H04M1/72424 , H04W4/14 , H04W88/02
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aggregating and sharing wellness data. The wellness data can be received by a user device from any number of sensors external or internal to the user device, from a user manually entering the wellness data, or from other users or entities. The user device can securely store the wellness data on the user device and transmit the wellness data to be stored on a remote database. A user of the device can share some or all of the wellness data with friends, relatives, caregivers, healthcare providers, or the like. The user device can further display a user's wellness data in an aggregated view of different types of wellness data. Wellness data of other users can also be viewed if authorizations from those users have been received.
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公开(公告)号:US20170340219A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-30
申请号:US15681024
申请日:2017-08-18
Applicant: Apple, Inc.
Inventor: Thomas J. Sullivan , Wren Nancy Dougherty , Richard C. Kimoto , Erno Klaassen , Ravi Narasimhan , Stephen J. Waydo , Todd K. Whitehurst , Derek Park-Shing Young , Santiago Quijano , Zijing Zeng
IPC: A61B5/021 , A61B5/0408 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/1455 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/053
CPC classification number: A61B5/02125 , A61B5/02416 , A61B5/04085 , A61B5/053 , A61B5/14551 , A61B5/681 , A61B5/6824
Abstract: Wrist-worn devices and related methods measure a pulse transit time non-invasively and calculate a blood pressure value using the pulse transit time. A wrist-worn device include a wrist-worn elongate band, at least four EKG or ICG electrodes coupled to the wrist-worn device for detecting a ventricular ejection of a heart, a photo-plethysmogram (PPG) sensor coupled to the wrist-worn device for detecting arrival of a blood pressure pulse at the user's wrist, and a controller configured to calculate a pulse transit time (PTT) for the blood pressure pulse. The controller calculates one or more blood pressure values for the user based on the PTT.
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公开(公告)号:US12257078B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-25
申请号:US18444396
申请日:2024-02-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tyler S. Bushnell , Steven J. Martisauskas , Erik G. de Jong , Andrzej T. Baranski , Serhan O. Isikman , Steven J. Banaska , Todd K. Whitehurst , Ming L. Sartee
Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.
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公开(公告)号:US11937944B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US17720795
申请日:2022-04-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tyler S. Bushnell , Steven J. Martisauskas , Erik G. de Jong , Andrzej T. Baranski , Serhan O. Isikman , Steven J. Banaska , Todd K. Whitehurst , Ming L. Sartee
CPC classification number: A61B5/6843 , A61B5/681 , G01L1/142 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/412 , A61B5/4872 , A61B2562/0261
Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.
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公开(公告)号:US20240038382A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-01
申请号:US18344533
申请日:2023-06-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Todd K. Whitehurst
Abstract: Methods of treatment and diagnosis using facilitated communication of health information from a patient device to a physician device are provided herein. Methods include improved dissemination and management of health information data while safeguarding patient privacy. A patient may initiate a tele-medicine session for treatment using a portable user device of the patient, after which a physician may request a set of data through the patient device relevant to the treatment. In response, the device of the patient identifies a subset of the data set requested by the physician that is authorized by the patient for release to the physician. The system further facilitates display of differing types of information on a user interface of the physician's device to facilitate improved treatments and diagnostics, health information collection and patient follow-up.
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公开(公告)号:US20170360306A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-21
申请号:US15507659
申请日:2015-09-08
Applicant: Apple, Inc.
Inventor: Ravi Narasimhan , Zijing Zeng , Richard C. Kimoto , Erno Klaassen , Thomas J. Sullivan , Derek Park-Shing Young , Todd K. Whitehurst
Abstract: The present invention generally relates to blood pressure monitoring. In some embodiments, methods and devices of measuring a mean arterial pressure are provided and/or monitoring blood pressure changes. A wrist-worn device may include a plurality of sensors backed by a plurality of actuators. Subsets of the plurality of sensors may be selectively actuateable against a wrist of a user using one or more of the plurality of actuators. A preferred sensor and location may be identified based on pressure signals received from each of the sensors. In some embodiments, devices may use a fluid bladder coupled with piezoelectric film sensors. A fluid bladder pressure sensor may be used to calibrate the piezoelectric film signal to provide a static and dynamic pressure reading. In yet another embodiment, a mean arterial pressure may be calculated by processing a swept pressure signal obtained as a sensor is swept through different heights.
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公开(公告)号:US11728030B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US14998287
申请日:2015-12-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Todd K. Whitehurst
Abstract: Methods of treatment and diagnosis using facilitated communication of health information from a patient device to a physician device are provided herein. Methods include improved dissemination and management of health information data while safeguarding patient privacy. A patient may initiate a tele-medicine session for treatment using a portable user device of the patient, after which a physician may request a set of data through the patient device relevant to the treatment. In response, the device of the patient identifies a subset of the data set requested by the physician that is authorized by the patient for release to the physician. The system further facilitates display of differing types of information on a user interface of the physician's device to facilitate improved treatments and diagnostics, health information collection and patient follow-up.
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公开(公告)号:US11344258B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-31
申请号:US16369873
申请日:2019-03-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tyler S. Bushnell , Steven J. Martisauskas , Erik G. de Jong , Andrzej T. Baranski , Serhan O. Isikman , Steven J. Banaska , Todd K. Whitehurst , Ming L. Sartee
Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.
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公开(公告)号:US20200367760A1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-26
申请号:US16987851
申请日:2020-08-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Erno H. Klaassen , Wren Nancy Dougherty , Richard C. Kimoto , Ravi K. Narasimhan , Thomas J. Sullivan , Stephen J. Waydo , Todd K. Whitehurst , Santiago Quijano , Derek Park-Shing Young , Zijing Zeng
Abstract: Methods and devices for obtaining a blood pressure measurement of a subject measure a transit time of a blood pulse of the subject. A method includes sensing, with a pulse ejection sensor of a wrist-worn device, ejection of blood from the left ventricle. Arrival of a resulting blood pressure pulse at the wrist is sensed via a pulse arrival sensor of the wrist-worn device. A transit time of the blood pressure pulse from the left ventricle to the wrist is determined. A relative blood pressure value of the subject is determined based on the transit time. A reference absolute blood pressure value associated with the relative blood pressure value is received. An absolute blood pressure value for the relative blood pressure value is determined based on the reference absolute blood pressure value and the relative blood pressure value.
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