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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:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2018
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Babu Varghese, Eindhoven, NL;

Wouter Hendrik Cornelis Spoorendonk, Deventer, NL;

Walter Hermans, Overpelt, BE;

Marco Baragona, Delft, NL;

Anna Ezerskaya, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2021.01); A61B 5/0537 (2021.01); A61B 5/1477 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0537 (2013.01); A61B 5/1477 (2013.01); A61B 5/443 (2013.01); A61B 5/486 (2013.01); A61B 5/4872 (2013.01); A61B 5/4875 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a system () and method for determining a water or lipid level of skin. The system () comprises at least two electrodes () suitable for contacting skin, and a signal generator () configured to generate an electrical signal at a frequency across the at least two electrodes (). The system () is configured to measure a conductivity between the at least two electrodes (). The system () is further configured to determine a water or lipid level of skin based on the measured conductivity and the frequency of the electrical signal.


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