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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US);

Inventors:

Robert Davis, Provo, UT (US);

Richard Vanfleet, Provo, UT (US);

Nick Morrill, Provo, UT (US);

David Miller, Morgan, UT (US);

Assignee:

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0531 (2021.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/14552 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/0531 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); G01J 3/0208 (2013.01); G01J 3/0256 (2013.01); G01J 3/12 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0233 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0242 (2013.01); G01J 2003/1213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system, apparatus, and/or device to determine a condition of a user using a wearable device with a miniaturized spectrometer. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include: a band configured to extend at least partially around a body part of a user, the body part comprising an internal feature within the body part; a light source embedded in the band, where the light source is configured to emit light into the body part as the user wears the band; a collimator; an optical filter; and an optical sensor, where the collimator, optical sensor, or the optical filter are arranged together to form a stack embedded in the band.


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