Patent Publication Number: US-11045096-B2

Title: Finger blood monitor apparatus

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to home medical tools and more particularly pertains to a new home medical tool for easily measuring blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen saturation. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cylindrical housing having a front end, a back end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining a housing cavity. The front end has a finger aperture extending through to the housing cavity and the sidewall has a battery aperture extending through to the housing cavity. The housing is configured to receive a user&#39;s finger through the finger aperture. A battery compartment is coupled within the housing cavity adjacent the battery aperture and is configured to receive a plurality of batteries. A battery cover is selectively engageable with the battery aperture to seal and alternatively expose the battery compartment. A control panel is coupled within the housing cavity and has a plurality of control buttons extending through the sidewall. The control panel is in operational communication with the battery compartment. A CPU is coupled within the housing cavity and is in operational communication with the control panel and the battery compartment. A plurality of display screens is coupled within the sidewall and is in operational communication with the CPU, the control panel, and the battery compartment. A plurality of sensors is coupled within the sidewall within the housing cavity from adjacent the finger aperture to adjacent the CPU. The plurality of sensors is in operational communication with the CPU, the control panel, and the battery compartment. The plurality of sensors is configured to measure a user&#39;s pulse, blood pressure, and peripheral oxygen saturation. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of a finger blood monitor apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an isometric view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a side elevation of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 7  thereof, a new home medical tool embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 7 , the finger blood monitor apparatus  10  generally comprises a cylindrical housing  12  cylindrical having a front end  14 , a back end  16 , and a sidewall  18  extending therebetween defining a housing cavity  20 . The front end  14  has a finger aperture  22  extending through to the housing cavity  20 . The sidewall  18  has a battery aperture  24  extending through to the housing cavity  20  proximal the back end  16 . The sidewall  18  may have a chamfered edge  26  adjacent the finger aperture  22 . The housing  12  is configured to receive a user&#39;s finger through the finger aperture  22  into the housing cavity  20 . 
     A battery compartment  28  is coupled to the housing  12  within the housing cavity  20  adjacent the battery aperture  24 . The battery compartment  28  is configured to receive a plurality of batteries  30 . A battery cover  32  is selectively engageable with the battery aperture  24  to seal and alternatively expose the battery compartment  28 . The battery cover  32  is rounded to conform to the sidewall  18  and maintain the cylindrical form of the apparatus  10 . A control panel  34  is coupled within the housing cavity  20  adjacent the battery compartment  28  and has a plurality of control buttons  36  extending through the sidewall  18 . The plurality of control buttons  36  comprises an on button  38 , an off button  40 , a mode button  42 , a start button  44 , and a stop button  46 . The on button  38 , the off button  40 , and the mode button  42  are arranged in a vertical column  48 . The start button  44  and the stop button  46  are adjacent and arranged to the right of the vertical column  48  aligned with the off button  40 . The control panel  34  is in operational communication with the battery compartment  28 . A CPU  50  is coupled within the housing cavity  20  adjacent the control panel  34  and is in operational communication with the control panel  34  and the battery compartment  28 . A plurality of display screens  52  is coupled to the housing  12  and comprises a pulse screen  54 , a blood pressure screen  56 , and a peripheral oxygen saturation screen  58 , denoted as “% SPO2”. The blood pressure screen  56  and the pulse screen  54  are arranged side by side and the peripheral oxygen saturation screen  58  is arranged below the blood pressure screen  56  and the pulse screen  54 . The plurality of display screens  52  is coupled within the sidewall  18  and is in operational communication with the CPU  50 , the control panel  34 , and the battery compartment  28 . 
     A plurality of sensors  60  is coupled within the sidewall  18  within the housing cavity  20  from adjacent the finger aperture  22  to adjacent the CPU  50 . The plurality of sensors  60  is in operational communication with the CPU  50 , the control panel  34 , and the battery compartment  28 . The plurality of sensors  60  comprises a plurality of round optical sensors  62  disposed in a plurality of offset rows  64  around the sidewall  18  within the housing cavity  20 . The plurality of optical sensors  62  comprises transmitters and photodetectors to perform transmissive pulse oximetry. An electronic sphygmomanometer  66  is coupled within the sidewall  18  around the plurality of optical sensors  62  to measure blood pressure and pulse. 
     In use, the user inserts her finger into the finger aperture  22  and uses the plurality of control buttons  36  to take the desired blood readings. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.