Patent ID: 6786866
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
A wrist-wearable monitoring device comprising: a detecting circuit for detecting a physiological state of a user and outputting a corresponding signal; a memory for storing the output signal of the detecting circuit and at least one question and an answer to the question; a display unit for displaying the question; an input unit for allowing manual input of an answer to the displayed question by the user; a control circuit for controlling the detecting circuit to detect the physiological state at predetermined time intervals, controlling the display unit to display the question at predetermined time intervals, and controlling the memory to store manually input answers to the question sequentially with respect to time; a case for accommodating the detecting circuit, the memory, the display unit, the input unit, and the control circuit; and a wrist strap attached to the case for enabling the monitoring device to be worn on the user's wrist.