Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enhancing optical cardiac activity measurement
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Application No.: US16111203Application Date: 2018-08-23
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Publication No.: US11278245B2Publication Date: 2022-03-22
- Inventor: Elias Pekonen , Matti Orava , Olli Komulainen , Seppo Korkala , Pekka Rytky , Mika Rahja , Tuomas Hartikainen , Lauri Lumme
- Applicant: Polar Electro Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Kempele
- Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
- Current Assignee: Polar Electro Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Kempele
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Priority: WOPCT/EP2017/071428 20170825
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/024 ; A61B5/0531 ; A61B5/282 ; A61B5/0205 ; A61B5/0537 ; H02J7/00 ; A61B5/318

Abstract:
There is provided a wearable device for measuring cardiac activity of a user, the wearable device comprising: an optical cardiac activity sensor unit configured to be placed in contact with a measurement area and to enable cardiac activity measurement of the user to obtain a cardiac activity signal; a plurality of electrodes configured to enable bioimpedance measurement on the measurement area to obtain a bioimpedance signal; a detector unit for detecting changes in the bioimpedance signal; and a reducer unit for reducing a motion artefact effect on the cardiac activity signal based on the detected changes in the bioimpedance signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190059821A1 Enhancing optical cardiac activity measurement Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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