Patent ID: 9693697
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A mobile phone, comprising: a first sensor that is positioned on a first side of the mobile phone; a second sensor that is positioned on the first side of the mobile phone, the first sensor being positioned proximate a first end of the mobile phone and the second sensor being spaced from the first sensor and positioned proximate a second end of the mobile phone; a third sensor that is positioned on a second side of the mobile phone opposite the first side of the mobile phone, each of the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor comprising an electrode and being configured to simultaneously contact a separate finger of a user, wherein at least one of the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor is a hybrid sensor that further comprises an illumination element and a light detector, wherein for at least one hybrid sensor the electrode defines at least one light illumination aperture and multiple light collection apertures; wherein the illumination element is arranged to direct light towards the user through the at least one light illumination aperture; wherein the light detector is arranged to detect light from the user that passes through the multiple light collection apertures; and wherein the at least one illumination aperture is centrally positioned between a pair of light collection apertures; and a health monitoring module located between the first side and the second side of the mobile phone, the health monitoring module comprising a processor arranged to receive and process detection signals from the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor to provide processed signals that are indicative of at least one of a) electrical activity of a heart of the user and b) blood oxygen saturation level of the user.