Methods and systems of optically measuring systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure of a mammal having biological tissue are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the system comprises an optical blood motion sensor, a gas-sealable inflatable cushion having a flexible and transparent (FOT) barrier section, and an optical blood motion sensor comprising a laser. When pressure (e.g. at least systolic pressure) illuminates the tissue, laser light may pass en route to the tissue through the FOT sealing barrier section of the gas-sealable inflatable cushion as well as cushion interior. In some embodiments, a rigid restrictor comprising an optically transparent section is provided, and laser light also passes through the optically transparent section of the rigid restrictor en route to the biological tissue.

Disclosed is a system to provide adaptive tuning through a control system to a finger cuff connectable to a patient's finger to be used in measuring the patient's blood pressure in the patient's artery by a blood pressure measurement system utilizing a volume clamp method. When the finger cuff is placed around the patient's finger, the bladder and the LED-PD pair aid in measuring the patient's blood pressure by the blood pressure measurement system utilizing the volume clamp method, wherein the adaptive tuning system: applies a first pressure impulse and measures a pleth versus time response; from the pressure versus time response, determines pleth servo gains that compensate for delays in a pleth response of the finger; and uses the determined pleth servo gains in the control system in measuring the patient's blood pressure by the blood pressure measurement system utilizing the volume clamp method.

A blood pressure detection method, an apparatus, and an electronic device are provided, having relatively accurate blood pressure detection results and are convenient to detect. The blood pressure detection method is applied to a blood pressure detection apparatus, and the method includes: acquiring blood pressure calibration information, the blood pressure calibration information being information obtained by processing according to a first pressure acting on a user and a first PPG signal when the first pressure acts on the user; acquiring a second PPG signal, and processing according to the second PPG signal to obtain the user's initial blood pressure; and calibrating the initial blood pressure according to the blood pressure calibration information, and using the blood pressure obtained by calibration as the blood pressure of the user. In this technical solution, there is no need to resort to an external device such as a blood pressure meter for assistance.

Provided is a blood pressure measuring apparatus, a wrist watch type terminal, and a method of measuring blood pressure. The blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a light source that emits light onto a living body, a light receiver that receives light from the living body, and a signal processing device that calculates the blood pressure based on a detected signal received from the light receiver, wherein the signal processing device includes a subtractor that obtains a subtraction value by subtracting a moving average value of the detected signal in a second duration which is shorter than a first duration from a moving average value of the detection signal in the first duration, an extractor that extracts a feature point of a pulse wave based on the subtraction value, and a converter that converts a feature amount obtained based on the feature point to a blood pressure value.

Systems and methods for assessing PPG signals generated based on transdermal optical data can include a computing device generating a color intensity signal using an acquired sequence of transdermal images of a subject. The computing device can compute a signal quality metric of the color intensity signal. The computing device can provide an indication of a quality of the color intensity signal for display on a display device associated with the computing device. The indication of the quality of the color intensity signal can be determined based on the signal quality metric.

A system and method for determining cardiovascular parameters can include: receiving a plethymogram (PG) dataset, removing noise from the PG dataset, segmenting the PG dataset, extracting a set of fiducials from the PG dataset, and transforming the set of fiducials to determine the cardiovascular parameters.

Systems and methods for assessing PPG signals generated based on transdermal optical data can include a computing device generating a color intensity signal using an acquired sequence of transdermal images of a subject. The computing device can compute a signal quality metric of the color intensity signal. The computing device can provide an indication of a quality of the color intensity signal for display on a display device associated with the computing device. The indication of the quality of the color intensity signal can be determined based on the signal quality metric.

This disclosure is directed to devices, systems, and techniques for monitoring one or more patient conditions. For example, a system includes a memory and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to receive, from a sensor, an electrical representation of a first optical signal and control a pressure device to apply pressure to the patient in order to affect one or more physiological parameters proximate to the sensor. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured to receive, from the sensor after applying the pressure to the patient, an electrical representation of a second optical signal; and determine, based on the electrical representation of the first optical signal and the electrical representation of the second optical signal, one or more patient conditions.

An apparatus comprising a monitor, a blood pressure measuring device, and a controller. The monitor is configured to estimate a blood pressure of a patient. The blood pressure measuring device is configured to measure a blood pressure of the patient. The controller is operatively coupled to the monitor and to the blood pressure measuring device. The controller is configured to cause the blood pressure measuring device to take a first blood pressure measurement of the patient in response to an estimated blood pressure deviating from a baseline. The controller is also configured to cause the blood pressure measuring device to take a second blood pressure measurement of the patient in response to an estimated blood pressure deviating from a second baseline different than the first baseline.

A device for non-invasive venous-pressure sensing comprises an occlusive element (OC) configured to be applied to a proximal portion of a human limb in order to apply an occlusion pressure thereto, and a dilation-sensing element (VS) configured to be applied to a distal portion of a human limb in order to detect an extent of dilation thereof. The device likewise comprises a control circuit (10) coupled to the occlusive element (OC) and to the dilation-sensing element (VS). The control circuit (10) is configured to: —i) control (104, 106) the occlusive element (OC) in order to apply at least one sub-diastolic occlusion pressure and maintain it for a certain occlusion interval; —ii) obtain (108a, 108b) from the dilation-sensing element (VS) a sensing signal; —iii) carry out a check on the sensing signal for a certain variation of the dilation of the distal portion resulting from the fact that the occlusion pressure is removed; and —iv) issue a signal (102) indicating a venous pressure that is lower than the applied occlusion pressure (P0c) as a result of the fact that said check indicates a variation in the dilation of the distal portion of the limb resulting from the fact that the occlusion pressure has been removed.