US 11,666,255 B1
Blood health monitoring method and device
Clinton Bud Wilcox, Grass Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Scosche Industries, Inc., Oxnard, CA (US)
Filed by Clinton Bud Wilcox, Grass Valley, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/92,357.
Application 18/092,357 is a continuation of application No. 17/891,024, filed on Aug. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,540,753.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,642, filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/097 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/14532 (2013.01) [A61B 5/082 (2013.01); A61B 5/097 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0087 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for detecting volatile organic compounds in a wearable analyte breath alert device for non-invasive monitoring of an analyte in a sample of aerosolized gas from a user, the method comprising:
providing the breath alert device comprising an outer casing, a forward face secured to the outer casing, the forward face having an in-line insignia and at least one front port, the at least one front port adapted to function as a gas sensing port or an evacuation port for evacuating a previous sample, wherein the breath alert device further comprises a rear face opposite the forward face and secured to the outer casing, the rear face having a detector threshold region, a side port and a tri-color light emitting diode (LED), the detector threshold region including a plurality of circular holes configured to function as gas sensor intake ports, speaker ports, and/or sample evacuation ports, wherein the breath alert device further comprises a reversible core positioned in between the outer casing, the forward face and the rear face, the reversible core having a main processor module, and wherein the breath alert device further comprises a volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor adapted to detect at least one volatile organic compound of the user, the VOC sensor positioned on the main processor module, the VOC sensor further comprising:
a central sensor circuit operably connected to a wireless communication element having a microcontroller, the central sensor circuit including a gas sensor unit having at least one nano gas sensor and at least one heater, a conditioning circuit for conversion and gain conditioning, and an A/D interface having an analog to digital converter and a digital to analog converter;
an alarm component having an audio piezo actuator and the tri-color light emitting diode (LED); and
a DC to DC element having a battery charger and a battery;
contacting the sample of aerosolized gas with the VOC sensor through the at least one front port and the detector threshold region, the at least one nano gas sensor of the VOC sensor detecting the analyte in the sample and generating a signal which is directly correlated to the amount of the analyte in the sample;
transmitting the signal to the microcontroller which analyzes the signal to produce a result for the analyte amount; and
alerting via the alarm component the user based on the result from the microcontroller.