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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. 03, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US);

Inventors:

Robert Davis, 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 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/0536 (2021.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/0536 (2013.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); A61N 1/0476 (2013.01); A61N 1/0492 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system, apparatus, and/or device to align a miniaturized impedance sensor over the muscular-walled tube of a user. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include: a band comprising a shape, size, and flexibility designed for attaching the band to a body part of a user, where the body part includes a dermal layer and a muscular-walled tube; a miniaturized impedance sensor embedded in the band and positioned in the band to be pressed against a portion of the body part adjacent to the muscular-walled tube as the user wears the band, where the miniaturized impedance sensor may include two or more miniaturized electrode strips or an array of miniaturized electrode pillars; and an alignment device embedded in the band and configured in the band to align the miniaturized impedance sensor over the muscular-walled tube as the user wears the band.


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