Patent Application
20160361005
This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 104209464, filed on Jun. 12, 2015. The entirety of each of the above-mentioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus and particularly relates to a finger clip type blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus.
Description of Related Art
There is an increasing awareness of the importance of health care. To meet the surging demand, a wide range of measuring apparatuses is available on the market. With use of such measuring apparatuses, the users are able to check their current physical conditions, such as blood oxygen concentration, heart rate, and other body-related data, instantly. Common non-invasive measuring apparatuses, e.g. finger clip type ECG (electrocardiography) probe, strap type ECG probe, finger clip type blood oxygen probe, and strap type blood oxygen probe, can only measure either of the user's heart rate and blood oxygen concentration. That is, in order to measure blood oxygen concentration and heart rate, the user will need to wear both the finger clip type ECG probe (or strap type ECG probe) and the finger clip type blood oxygen probe (or strap type blood oxygen probe).
Thus, how to integrate the functions of measurement of blood oxygen concentration and heart rate in one non-invasive measuring apparatus so as to be more convenient to use is an issue that needs to be addressed.
The invention provides a blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus that is convenient to use.
The invention provides a blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus, including a first clipping component, a second clipping component, a heart rate sensing pad, and a blood oxygen sensing component. The second clipping component and the first clipping component are pivoted with each other. The heart rate sensing pad is disposed on the second clipping component and located between the first clipping component and the second clipping component. The blood oxygen sensing component is disposed on the second clipping component and located between the second clipping component and the heart rate sensing pad. The blood oxygen sensing component is exposed from the heart rate sensing pad.
In an embodiment of the invention, the blood oxygen sensing component is an optical transceiver.
In an embodiment of the invention, the heart rate sensing pad includes a body portion, an extension portion connected with the body portion, and an opening located on the body portion. The blood oxygen sensing component is electrically connected with the extension portion. The opening exposes the blood oxygen sensing component.
In an embodiment of the invention, the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus further includes a connection terminal. The connection terminal is disposed in contact with the extension portion to be electrically connected with the heart rate sensing pad.
In an embodiment of the invention, the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus further includes at least one elastic member. The elastic member connects the first clipping component and the second clipping component.
The invention provides another blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus, including a first clipping component, a second clipping component, a finger pad, a heart rate sensing pad, and a blood oxygen sensing module. The second clipping component and the first clipping component are pivoted with each other. The finger pad is disposed on the first clipping component and located between the first clipping component and the second clipping component. The heart rate sensing pad is disposed on the second clipping component and located between the first clipping component and the second clipping component. The blood oxygen sensing module is disposed on the second clipping component and located between the second clipping component and the heart rate sensing pad. The blood oxygen sensing module includes an optical transmitter and an optical receiver. The optical transmitter is disposed on the first clipping component and located between the first clipping component and the finger pad. The finger pad exposes the optical transmitter. The optical receiver is disposed on the second clipping component corresponding to the optical transmitter and located between the second clipping component and the heart rate sensing pad. The heart rate sensing pad exposes the optical receiver.
In an embodiment of the invention, the heart rate sensing pad includes a body portion, an extension portion connected with the body portion, and an opening located on the body portion. The optical receiver is electrically connected with the extension portion. The opening exposes the optical receiver.
In an embodiment of the invention, the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus further includes a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed between the first clipping component and the finger pad. The optical transmitter is electrically connected with the circuit board.
Based on the above, the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus of the invention clips the user's finger between the first clipping component and the second clipping component and measures the blood oxygen concentration and/or heart rate of the user by the heart rate sensing pad and/or the blood oxygen sensing component (or blood oxygen sensing module), thereby improving the convenience.
To make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the invention more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied with drawings are described in detail as follows.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
The blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus 100 may include a first clipping component 110, a second clipping component 120, a heart rate sensing pad 130, and a blood oxygen sensing component 140. The first clipping component 110 has a first pivoting portion 111 while the second clipping component 120 has a second pivoting portion 121 disposed corresponding to the first pivoting portion 111. The first clipping component 110 is pivoted with the second pivoting portion 121 of the second clipping component 120 by the first pivoting portion 111 for the first clipping component 110 to rotate with respect to the second clipping component 120 in a rotational direction R1 or in a reverse direction (i.e. a rotational direction R2). Specifically, the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus 100 is adapted to change between a closed state shown in
On the other hand, in order that the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus 100 in the expanded state shown in
Referring to
The blood oxygen sensing component 140 is an optical transceiver, which is electrically connected with the extension portion 132, for example. Since the opening 133 of the heart rate sensing pad 130 exposes the blood oxygen sensing component 140, sensing light emitted by the blood oxygen sensing component 140 may pass through the finger 10 of the user through the opening 133. The sensing light includes two light beams L1 and L2 that have different wavelengths, for example. When the light beams L1 and L2 reach capillaries in the finger 10 of the user, two reflected lights L11 and L21 are generated. The reflected lights L11 and L21 pass through the opening 133 in a direction reverse to the emission direction of the sensing light (not shown) and are received by the blood oxygen sensing component 140. Then, the blood oxygen concentration of the user may be calculated by comparing the optical intensity or property of the reflected lights L11 and L21. Further, data or signals related to the blood oxygen concentration may be sequentially transmitted to the extension portion 132 and the connection terminal 160 and then transmitted to the external electronic apparatus (not shown) through the external signal line (not shown) connected on the connection terminal 160 for instantly showing the blood oxygen concentration of the user through the external electronic apparatus (not shown).
To sum up, the user clips the finger with the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus 100 to simultaneously measure the user's heart rate and blood oxygen concentration by the heart rate sensing pad 130 and the blood oxygen sensing component 140, or only measure the heart rate by the heart rate sensing pad 130 or only measure the blood oxygen concentration by the blood oxygen sensing component 140, so as to improve the convenience and flexibility of use of the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus 100.
Some other embodiments of the invention are provided as follows. It should be noted that the reference numerals and a portion of the contents in the previous embodiment are used in the following embodiment, in which identical reference numerals indicate identical or similar components, and repeated description of the same technical contents is omitted. Please refer to the description of the previous embodiment for the omitted contents, which will not be repeated hereinafter.
Specifically, the finger pad 170 is located between the first clipping component 170 and the second clipping component 120 and has an opening 171 disposed corresponding to the optical transmitter 141. The finger pad 170 may be composed of a conductive metal or an insulating material. The optical transmitter 141 and the optical receiver 142 constitute a blood oxygen sensing module 140a of this embodiment. The optical transmitter 141 is located between the first clipping component 170 and the finger pad 170 and is exposed by the opening 171 of the finger pad 170. The optical receiver 142 is located between the second clipping component 120 and the heart rate sensing pad 130 and is exposed by the opening 133 of the heart rate sensing pad 130. Moreover, the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus 100A further includes a circuit board 180 disposed between the first clipping component 110 and the finger pad 170. The optical transmitter 141 is electrically connected with the circuit board 180, such that a control unit (not shown) may control emission of a sensing light of the optical transmitter 141 through the circuit board 180. The optical receiver 142 is electrically connected with the extension portion 132.
Since the opening 171 of the finger pad 170 exposes the optical transmitter 141, the sensing light emitted by the optical transmitter 141 may pass through the finger 10 of the user through the opening 171. The sensing light includes two light beams L3 and L4 that have different wavelengths, for example. After the light beams L3 and L4 pass through capillaries in the finger 10 of the user, the light beams L3 and L4 travel along the emission direction of the sensing light and pass through the opening 133 corresponding to the opening 171 to be received by the optical receiver 142. Then, the blood oxygen concentration of the user may be calculated by comparing the optical intensity or property of the light beams L3 and L4. Further, data or signals related to the blood oxygen concentration may be sequentially transmitted to the extension portion 132 and the connection terminal 160 and then transmitted to the external electronic apparatus (not shown) through the external signal line (not shown) connected on the connection terminal 160 for instantly showing the blood oxygen concentration of the user through the external electronic apparatus (not shown).
In conclusion, the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus of the invention is a finger clip type blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring probe, for example. When the user's finger is clipped between the first clipping component and the second clipping component, the heart rate sensing pad is in contact with the user's finger to measure the heart rate of the user and the blood oxygen sensing component (or blood oxygen sensing module) measures the blood oxygen concentration of the user through a non-contact optical sensing mode. In other words, simply by clipping the finger between the first clipping component and the second clipping component, the user is able to simultaneously measure the heart rate and blood oxygen concentration by the heart rate sensing pad and the blood oxygen sensing component, or only measure the heart rate by the heart rate sensing pad or only measure the blood oxygen concentration by the blood oxygen sensing component, so as to improve the convenience and flexibility of use of the blood oxygen and electrocardiography measuring apparatus.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of this invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the invention covers modifications and variations provided that they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 104209464 | Jun 2015 | TW | national |
