Patent Application
20180160988
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The disclosure and prior art relates to alert devices and more particularly pertains to a new alert device for measuring vitals and communicating with emergency response personnel.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a band that is configured to couple around a wrist of a user. An electronics module, a vitals module and a button are coupled to the band. The electronics module is configured to wirelessly communicate and to store a medical record of the user. The button and the vitals module are operationally coupled to the electronics module. The button is configured to be depressed to send a panic signal to the electronics module. The vitals module configured to assess at least one vital sign of the user. The vitals module is positioned to relay the at least one vital sign to the electronics module. The electronics module is configured to selectively wirelessly communicate the panic signal, the least one vital sign and the medical record to the emergency response personnel.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A power module 28, a microprocessor 30, a data storage module 32, a transmitter 34 and a receiver 36 are coupled to the housing 16 and are positioned in the internal space 18. In one embodiment, the power module 28 comprises at least one battery 38. The microprocessor 30 is operationally coupled to the power module 28. The data storage module 32, the transmitter 34 and the receiver 36 are operationally coupled to the microprocessor 30. The data storage module 32 is configured to store the medical record of the user. The receiver 36 is global positioning system enabled. The receiver 36 is configured to receive location coordinates of the user upon depression of a button 40. The receiver 36 is positioned to relay the location coordinates to the microprocessor 30. The microprocessor 30 is positioned to compel the transmitter 34 to selectively wirelessly communicate a panic signal, at least one vital sign, the medical record and the location coordinates to emergency response personnel.
A screen 42 is coupled to the housing 16. The screen 42 is operationally coupled to the microprocessor 30. The microprocessor 30 is positioned to compel the screen 42 to selectively display a time and the at least one vital sign of the user. In one embodiment, the screen 42 is touch enabled.
The button 40 is coupled to the band 12 and is operationally coupled to the electronics module 14. The button 40 is depressible. The button 40 is configured to be depressed to send the panic signal to the electronics module 14. The electronics module 14 is configured to wireles sly communicate the panic signal to the emergency response personnel.
A vitals module 44 is coupled to the band 12. The vitals module 44 is operationally coupled to the electronics module 14. The vitals module 44 is configured to assess the at least one vital sign of the user. The vitals module 44 is positioned to relay the at least one vital sign to the electronics module 14. The electronics module 14 is configured to wirelessly communicate the least one vital sign to the emergency response personnel.
In one embodiment, the vitals module 44 comprises a bladder 46 and a pump 48. The bladder 46 is coupled to an inside face 50 of the band 12. The bladder 46 is selectively inflatable such that the bladder 46 is selectively extensible from the inside face 50 of the band 12. The pump 48 is operationally coupled to the bladder 46. The bladder 46 is positioned to selectively inflate the bladder 46 such that the bladder 46 is configured to contact the wrist of the user.
In another embodiment, a valve 52 is coupled to the band 12. The valve 52 is fluidically coupled to the bladder 46. The valve 52 is positioned on the band 12 such that the valve 52 is positioned to couple to a stem 54 of the pump 48. The pump 48 is reversibly fluidically couplable to the bladder 46. The bladder 46 is positioned between the inside face 50 of the band 12 and the wrist of the user such that the bladder 46 is configured to assess and relay a pulse rate and a blood pressure to the electronics unit.
A control module 56 is coupled to the housing 16. The control module 56 is operationally coupled to the microprocessor 30. The control module 56 is configured to enter commands into the microprocessor 30. In one embodiment, the control module 56 comprises a first knob 58 and a second knob 60. The first knob 58 and the second knob 60 are depressible. The first knob 58 is positioned to be depressed to signal the microprocessor 30 to display the at least one vital sign. The second knob 60 is positioned to be depressed to signal the microprocessor 30 to compel the screen 42 to display a setup menu. The screen 42 is configured to input commands into the microprocessor 30.
In use, the button 40 is configured to be depressed to send the panic signal to the electronics module 14. The receiver 36 is configured to receive location coordinates of the user upon depression of the button 40. The receiver 36 is positioned to relay the location coordinates to the microprocessor 30. The microprocessor 30 is positioned to compel the transmitter 34 to selectively wirelessly communicate the panic signal and the location coordinates to the emergency response personnel. The bladder 46 is positioned between the inside face 50 of the band 12 and the wrist of the user such that the bladder 46 is configured to assess and relay the pulse rate and the blood pressure to the microprocessor 30. The microprocessor 30 is positioned to compel the transmitter 34 to selectively wirelessly communicate the pulse rate and the blood pressure to the emergency response personnel.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
