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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Kiran Hamilton J. Dellimore, Utrecht, NL;
Harold Johannes Antonius Brans, Berkel-Enschot, NL;
Albertus Cornelis Den Brinker, Eindhoven, NL;
Okke Ouweltjes, Veldhoven, NL;
Pascal De Graaf, Eindhoven, NL;
Marco Baragona, Delft, NL;
Samer Bou Jawde, Cambridge, MA (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
According to an aspect, there is provided a wearable device, the wearable device comprising: an inflatable body configured to be mounted to a torso of a user; a first sensing device, wherein the first sensing device comprises a first sensor and a first actuator coupling the first sensor to the inflatable body; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the wearable device to: inflate the inflatable body from a first state of the inflatable body to a second state of the inflatable body; actuate the first actuator from a first state of the first actuator to a second state of the first actuator, wherein actuating the first actuator from the first state of the first actuator to the second state of the first actuator reduces a volume of a first air gap between the torso and the first sensor; and while the inflatable body is in the second state of the inflatable body and the first actuator is in the second state of the first actuator receive a first signal from the first sensor. There is also described a method of using the wearable device.