Apple has filed for one more patent (quantity US 20230063813 A) for an “ambulatory blood strain cuff.” It It suggests the tech big is contemplating units past the Apple Watch that combine with its Well being app.
Concerning the patent submitting
The patent submitting associated to ambulatory blood strain cuffs that may be worn round a limb of a consumer to, periodically or constantly, measure a blood strain of the consumer throughout every day actions of the consumer. A consumer might measure blood strain by attaching a blood strain measurement gadget to one in all their limbs. The blood strain measurement gadget might embody an inextensible cuff that secures an inflatable bladder in opposition to a limb of the consumer.
The inflatable bladder might be expanded, and the inextensible cuff might trigger the bladder to compress the limb, thereby compressing a number of blood vessels within the limb and limiting and/or stopping (i.e., occluding) blood circulation via the vessels. The assorted pressures within the inflatable bladder that limit and/or cease blood circulation via the vessels within the limb could also be measured and used to find out the blood strain of the consumer.
A blood strain measurement gadget together with a blood strain cuff is usually worn throughout measurement of a blood strain, and is eliminated promptly thereafter. Nonetheless, Apple says that, in some circumstances, it may be fascinating to put on the monitoring gadget for longer durations of time such that physiological measurements might be carried out periodically or constantly.
Abstract of the patent submitting
Right here’s Apple’s summary of the patent submitting: “Embodiments of this disclosure are directed to a wearable blood strain measurement gadget having an interior sleeve and a cuff module. The interior sleeve is wearable on a limb of a consumer and has a primary attachment mechanism. The cuff module has a second attachment mechanism that’s attachable to the primary attachment mechanism.
“The cuff module features a cuff configured for placement over the interior sleeve, a bladder meeting having a number of bladders configured to increase and contract in response to a circulation of a fluid therethrough, and a controller. The controller is configured to measure a blood strain of the consumer whereas controlling enlargement and contraction of the a number of bladders.”
