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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Tommaso Melodia, Newton, MA (US);
Giuseppe Enrico Santagati, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0015 (2013.01); A61B 5/0024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0026 (2013.01); A61B 5/0028 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); H04B 11/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic communication system and method provide a networking framework for wearable devices based on ultrasonic communications. The ultrasonic communication system and method incorporate a set of physical, data link, network and application layer functionalities that can flexibly adapt to application and system requirements to efficiently distribute information between ultrasonic wearable devices.