US 12,268,488 B2
Noninvasive vital signs measurement system
Ali Bahrami, Camano Island, WA (US)
Assigned to Bionous, LLC, Camano Island, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/418,492
Filed by Bionous, LLC, Camano Island, WA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/068701
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/140013, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/785,746, filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079460 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/02427 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/02405 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/14552 (2013.01); A61B 5/6816 (2013.01); A61B 5/683 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for noninvasive measurement of vital signs from an ear of a non-human animal, said apparatus comprising:
a first portion having a first end and a second end and a second portion having a first end and a second end, the first portion and second portion couplable in multiple configurations relative to each other using at least one fastener, including a first configuration in which the first end of the first portion is adjacent the first end of the second portion and a second configuration in which the first end of the first portion is adjacent the second end of the second portion, the first and second portion couplable about the ear of the non-human animal to be arranged between the first portion and the second portion when coupled, the first portion including:
at least one light source configured to illuminate the ear of the non-human animal with light;
at least one sensor configured to sense light reflected from the ear of the non-human animal to determine a photoplethysmogram (PPG); and
at least one computer processor programmed to:
determine based, at least in part, on the PPG, a plurality of vital signs for the non-human animal, wherein the plurality of vital signs include heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, heart rate variability and respiration rate; and
output an indication of the plurality of vital signs.