US 12,070,333 B2
Wearable device for sensing vital signs
Edward Bremer, Victor, NY (US); and Brian L. Jovanovski, Syracuse, NY (US)
Assigned to Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US)
Filed by Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/329,277.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,804, filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369203 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6823 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/14552 (2013.01); A61B 5/6832 (2013.01); A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/02433 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0238 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method of measuring peripheral oxygen saturation, the method comprising:
attaching a wearable device around an anatomical structure near a chest such that the wearable device partially surrounds the anatomical structure near the chest;
using the wearable device to obtain optical signals near the chest, wherein the obtained optical signals include reflective optical signals reflected back from blood vessels and transmissive optical signals transmitted through the blood vessels; and
using the obtained optical signals to calculate peripheral oxygen saturation.