Patent ID: 9710788
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,G06Q,G16H

Claim:
1. A system for monitoring an employee's health while the employee is working at a workstation, the workstation including a workstation surface located above and parallel to a floor, and a computer workstation, the system comprising: a computer mouse in communication with the computer workstation, the computer mouse comprising a set of health sensors integrated therewith for detecting biometric characteristics of the employee's health, the set of health sensors comprising one or more temperature sensors, one or more blood pressure sensors, and one or more blood condition sensors, the set of health sensors configured to output health sensor data comprising of temperature data output by one or more of the temperature sensors that is indicative of a body temperature of the employee, blood pressure data output by one or more of the blood pressure sensors that is indicative of a blood pressure of the employee, and blood condition data output by one or more of the blood condition sensors that is indicative of a blood oxygenation of the employee, the computer mouse further including a computer mouse controller being configured to control receipt of the temperature data output by one or more of the temperature sensors, the blood pressure data output by one or more of the blood pressure sensors, and the blood condition data output by one or more of the blood condition sensors, and remote transmission of the health sensor data corresponding to the received temperature data, blood pressure data, and blood condition data; wherein the one or more blood pressure sensors comprise a blood pressure cuff comprising a pneumatic tube extending between a body of the computer mouse and a bladder of the blood pressure cuff, wherein an air pump is located in the body of the computer mouse and is configured to supply air via the pneumatic tube to inflate the bladder of the blood pressure cuff, wherein a pressure transducer is located in the body of the computer mouse and is configured to sense air pressure within the pneumatic tube that is indicative of the air pressure within the bladder, and wherein the blood pressure data output by one or more of the blood pressure sensors corresponds to the air pressure sensed within the pneumatic tube; a database in communication with a communications network and storing health information; and a computer server configured to perform the steps of: