Patent ID: 8052600
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A non-invasive measurement apparatus for monitoring at least one prescribed characteristic of a subject, comprising: a wireless device having circuitry configurable in a first mode of operation in accordance with a wireless phone architecture to operate as a wireless telephone and configurable in a second mode of operation as a subject monitoring device for monitoring the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject, at least one component of said circuitry being used in both of said first and second modes of operation, the circuitry being configured in said second mode of operation to receive a wireless signal that has been transmitted by the wireless device for a measurement of the at least one prescribed characteristic, and to receive a reflected version of the wireless signal that is reflected off the subject, wherein a difference of the received wireless signal and the received reflected version of the wireless signal is used to produce measurement data associated with the at least one prescribed characteristic of the subject.