Apparatus in Electronic Medical Records Systems that Determine and Communicate Multi-Vital-Signs from Electromagnetic Radiation of a Subject
In some implementations, an apparatus includes a physiological light monitoring subsystem that includes a source-detector assembly having a first side that has three transmitters of electromagnetic radiation frequencies in ranges of 375-415 nm, 640-680 nm and 920-960 nm frequencies and a first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation in a 350-1100 nm range to measure an amount of electromagnetic radiation that is reflected by a subject, a microprocessor configured to determine an indication of an amount of glucose in the subject calculated from a ratio of electromagnetic radiation received by a first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation in the 350-1100 nm range to measure an amount of electromagnetic radiation that is absorbed by the subject at the 375-415 nm frequency range in comparison to electromagnetic radiation received at the 920-960 nm frequency range, the subject being positioned between the first side and a second side.
1 . An apparatus comprising:
a microprocessor;
a physiological light monitoring subsystem operably coupled to the microprocessor, the physiological light monitoring subsystem including a source-detector assembly having a first flexible side and a second flexible side; and
a hard structure surrounding at least a portion of the physiological light monitoring subsystem,
the first flexible side having three transmitters of electromagnetic radiation frequencies in ranges of 375-415 nm, 640-680 nm and 920-960 nm frequencies and a first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation in a 350-1100 nm range to measure an amount of electromagnetic radiation that is reflected by a subject,
the source-detector assembly also having a first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation in the 350-1100 nm range to measure an amount of electromagnetic radiation that is absorbed by the subject,
the microprocessor configured to determine an indication of an amount of oxygen in the subject calculated from a ratio of electromagnetic radiation received at the 640-680 nm frequency range in comparison to electromagnetic radiation received at the 920-960 nm frequency range,
the microprocessor configured to determine an indication of an amount of glucose in the subject calculated from a ratio of electromagnetic radiation received at the 375-415 nm frequency range in comparison to electromagnetic radiation received at the 920-960 nm frequency range,
the subject being positioned between the first flexible side and the second flexible side.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a main body comprising the microprocessor, the main body further comprising a visual display component that is operably coupled to the microprocessor and a USB port that is operably coupled to the microprocessor.
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation in the second flexible side receives the electromagnetic radiation at the 640-680 nm frequency range and wherein the first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation in the first flexible side receives the electromagnetic radiation at the 375-415 nm frequency range.
4 . The apparatus of claim 3 the source-detector assembly further comprising a light shielding that shields extraneous near-infrared and extraneous ambient light such that electromagnetic radiation entering the subject as well as the electromagnetic radiation detected will be only in the 350-1100 nm range of the first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation and the 350-1100 nm range of the first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation.
5 . The apparatus of claim 3 having no further receivers or transmitters.
6 . The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the apparatus is verified by a second apparatus as known by the second apparatus and as allowed by the second apparatus to transfer information to the second apparatus.
7 . The apparatus of claim 3 further comprising a digital infrared sensor having no analog sensor readout ports.
8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a digital infrared sensor further comprises an analog-to-digital converter.
9 . The apparatus of claim 3 not including a finger occlusion cuff.
10 . The apparatus of claim 3 further comprising:
a first circuit board including:
the microprocessor;
the microprocessor operably coupled to the physiological light monitoring subsystem; and
a first digital interface that is operably coupled to the microprocessor.
11 . The apparatus of claim 10 further comprising a first housing that contains the first circuit board and an aperture for a camera and that does not contain the camera.
12 . The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising:
a second circuit board in a smartphone, the smartphone having a second housing and the camera, the second circuit board including:
a second digital interface, the second digital interface being operably coupled to the first digital interface; and
a second microprocessor operably coupled to the second digital interface, the second microprocessor being configured to determine a plurality of vital signs.
13 . The apparatus of claim 12 wherein a wireless communication subsystem is operably coupled to the second microprocessor and the wireless communication subsystem is configured to transmit a representation of each of the plurality of vital signs via a short distance wireless communication path.
14 . The apparatus of claim 13 wherein a connection is established and the plurality of vital signs are pushed from the apparatus through the wireless communication subsystem, thereafter an external device controls transmission of the plurality of vital signs between the apparatus and the external device, wherein the connection further comprises an authenticated communication channel.
15 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the wireless communication subsystem further comprises a component that is configured to transmit a representation of date and time, operator identification, patient identification, manufacturer and model number of the apparatus.
16 . The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising:
the camera that is operably coupled to the second microprocessor and configured to provide a plurality of images to the second microprocessor; and
the microprocessor including a cropper module that is configured to receive the plurality of images and configured to crop the plurality of images to exclude a border area of the plurality of images, generating a plurality of cropped images, the second microprocessor also including a temporal-motion-amplifier of the plurality of cropped images that is configured to generate a temporal variation, the second microprocessor also including a biological vital sign generator that is operably coupled to the temporal-motion-amplifier that is configured to generate a biological vital sign from the temporal variation, wherein the biological vital sign is a vital sign of the plurality of vital signs.
17 . The apparatus of claim 16 wherein a heart rate is determined from data from the first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation, a respiration rate and a heart rate variability and a blood pressure diastolic is determined from data from the first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation and the first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation.
18 . The apparatus of claim 16 further wherein a blood pressure systolic is determined from data from the first photodiode receiver of electromagnetic radiation.
19 . The apparatus of claim 1 where the apparatus is operable to receive a flag or key that enables use of portions of a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory to determine the indication of the amount of glucose in the subject.
20 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor is further configured to determine an amount of glucose in the subject when the amount of oxygen in the subject indicates a resting period of a heartbeat from an indication of a ratio of electromagnetic radiation received at the 640-680 nm frequency range in comparison to electromagnetic radiation received at the 920-960 nm frequency range.