Patent ID: 8734355
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A blood pressure measurement apparatus configured to operate according to an oscillometric method of measuring blood pressure, said apparatus comprising: an inflatable chamber configured to be inflated during an inflation interval and deflated during a deflation interval; a sensor coupled to the inflatable chamber, the sensor configured to measure a signal according to the oscillometric method of measuring blood pressure, the signal comprising information indicative of a blood pressure of a vertebrate; a control module configured to receive as input at least a portion of the signal from the sensor, and configured to generate as output a control signal having a selected one of a plurality of values responsive to the input; a first analysis module configured to analyze the signal before the inflatable chamber is fully inflated to extract from the signal a systolic blood pressure and a diastolic blood pressure of the vertebrate according to the oscillometric method of measuring blood pressure; a second analysis module selectively operative in response to one of the plurality of values of the control signal, the second analysis module configured to analyze the signal during the deflation interval of the inflatable chamber to extract from the signal the blood pressure of the vertebrate according to the oscillometric method of measuring blood pressure; and a neonate sensor module configured to represent whether the vertebrate is a neonate vertebrate by determining whether the vertebrate is 28 days or less in terms of age, wherein in response to a positive determination that the vertebrate is a neonate vertebrate, the apparatus completes a blood pressure measurement of the neonate vertebrate using the second analysis module, whereby the apparatus completes the measurement of the blood pressure of the vertebrate using at least one of the first analysis module and the second analysis module.