The present disclosure relates to noninvasive methods, devices, and systems for measuring various blood constituents or analytes, such as glucose. In an embodiment, a light source comprises LEDs and super-luminescent LEDs. The light source emits light at at least wavelengths of about 1610 nm, about 1640 nm, and about 1665 nm. In an embodiment, the detector comprises a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a special geometry comprising one of a substantially linear substantially equal spaced geometry, a substantially linear substantially non-equal spaced geometry, and a substantially grid geometry.

The present disclosure relates to noninvasive methods, devices, and systems for measuring various blood constituents or analytes, such as glucose. In an embodiment, a light source comprises LEDs and super-luminescent LEDs. The light source emits light at at least wavelengths of about 1610 nm, about 1640 nm, and about 1665 nm. In an embodiment, the detector comprises a plurality of photodetectors arranged in a special geometry comprising one of a substantially linear substantially equal spaced geometry, a substantially linear substantially non-equal spaced geometry, and a substantially grid geometry.

An integrated window for a photosensor for use in an electronic device has first and second transparent regions separated by an opaque region. The first transparent region allows a transmitter to emit light out of the housing of the electronic device and the second transparent region allows a receiver to receive light through the housing. The opaque region is disposed between the first and second transparent regions to isolate them from one another such that the transmitted light is isolated from the received light.

A method for photoplethysmography measurement couples a color camera in optical contact against a skin surface of a subject and couples at least a first solid-state illumination source in optical contact against the skin surface, wherein the first solid-state illumination source has a first wavelength range with a first bandwidth that exceeds 50 nm. The illumination source and color camera are energized over a predetermined time interval to acquire a first sequence of image frames from the skin surface. A set of hue values is computed from each of the acquired sequence of image frames and photoplethysmography data generated according to periodic changes in an average hue per frame computation. The generated photoplethysmography data is presented on a display.

A noninvasive physiological sensor for measuring one or more physiological parameters of a medical patient can include a bump interposed between a light source and a photodetector. The bump can be placed in contact with body tissue of a patient and thereby reduce a thickness of the body tissue. As a result, an optical pathlength between the light source and the photodetector can be reduced. In addition, the sensor can include a heat sink that can direct heat away from the light source. Moreover, the sensor can include shielding in the optical path between the light source and the photodetector. The shielding can reduce noise received by the photodetector.

This relates to systems and methods for determining one or more of a user's physiological signals. The one or more of the user's physiological signals can be determined by measuring pulsatile blood volume changes. Motion artifacts included in the signals can be canceled or reduced by measuring non-pulsatile blood volume changes and adjusting the signal to account for the non-pulsatile blood information. Non-pulsatile blood volume changes can be measured using at least one set of light emitter-light sensor. The light emitter can be located in close proximity (e.g., less than or equal to 1 mm away) to the light sensor, thereby limiting light emitted by the light emitter to blood volume without interacting with one or more blood vessels and/or arterioles. In some examples, the systems can further include an accelerometer configured to measure the user's acceleration, and the acceleration signal can be additionally be used for compensating for motion artifacts.

There is disclosed in one example a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor, including: a light-emitting diode (LED); a photodetector including an electrically-biased graphene metal junction having a conductor running therethrough; a current sensor to sense a current from the photodetector; and processing logic to compute a blood volume flow rate from the sensed current.

A sensor system comprises first and second PPG sensors. A monitoring system monitors detection by at least one of the first and second detectors an optical calibration signals, for performing time calibration between the first and second PPG sensors. This system makes use of two PPG sensors. To enable these sensors to be independent units, rather than being fully integrated into a combined system, a calibration system is provided. Based on detected optical signals, the behavior over time of each PPG sensor can be monitored and thus calibration can take place.

A sensor system comprises first and second PPG sensors. A monitoring system monitors detection by at least one of the first and second detectors an optical calibration signals, for performing time calibration between the first and second PPG sensors. This system makes use of two PPG sensors. To enable these sensors to be independent units, rather than being fully integrated into a combined system, a calibration system is provided. Based on detected optical signals, the behavior over time of each PPG sensor can be monitored and thus calibration can take place.

A wearable electronic device comprises a base for mounting a plurality of sensors, where the sensors acquiring physiological data of a user wearing the device. By providing multiple sensors on a single device, additional physiological data, such as pulse transit time, can be provided. To ensure quality data is collected, the device includes a spring mechanism for applying a compressive force on the sensor to force it into the skin of a user.