Patent ID: 6440081
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An instrument for measuring blood pressure and temperature, comprising:a digital sphygmomanometer including a pneumatic wristlet, a housing formed with a thermometer-receiving groove, an air pump unit mounted on said housing and in fluid communication with said pneumatic wristlet, said air pump unit being adapted to pump air into said pneumatic wristlet when activated, a control unit mounted in said housing and coupled electrically to said air pump unit, said control unit being operable so as to activate said air pump unit and obtain blood pressure information corresponding to air pressure inside said pneumatic wristlet, and a display unit mounted on said housing and coupled electrically to said control unit, said control unit being operable so as to activate said display unit to show the blood pressure information thereon; a digital thermometer fitted removably in said thermometer-receiving groove and including a sensing portion provided with a temperature probe, a processor coupled electrically to said temperature probe to receive a temperature signal therefrom, said processor being operable so as to obtain temperature information from the temperature signal, and a display panel coupled electrically to said processor, said processor being operable so as to activate said display panel to show the temperature information thereon; and a transmission device provided on said digital sphygmomanometer and said digital thermometer for establishing a communications link between said control unit and said processor, said control unit being operable so as to receive the temperature information from said processor via said transmission device and to enable said display unit to show the temperature information thereon.