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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Victoria M. Powell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ali Moin, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/251 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0531 (2021.01); A61B 5/256 (2021.01); A61B 5/28 (2021.01); A61B 5/291 (2021.01); A61B 5/296 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 5/0531 (2013.01); A61B 5/251 (2021.01); A61B 5/256 (2021.01); A61B 5/28 (2021.01); A61B 5/291 (2021.01); A61B 5/296 (2021.01); A61B 5/6844 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0209 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for skin-contact biological measurement includes one or more electrodes to enable signal transmission through a skin contact and a control mechanism coupled to the one or more electrodes to adjust an electrode-to-skin impedance (ESI). The control mechanism is configured to implement the ESI adjustment using a thermal actuator.