US 11,857,349 B2
Apparatus and related method to facilitate test via a computing device
Jay L. Alberts, Chagrin Falls, OH (US); David D. Schindler, Russell, OH (US); Jane Rhodes, Belmont, MA (US); Wendy Gabel, Boston, MA (US); and Jim Best, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US); and BIOGEN MA, INC., Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US); and BIOGEN MA INC., Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/578,892.
Application 16/578,892 is a continuation of application No. 15/131,699, filed on Apr. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,420,497.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/149,344, filed on Apr. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0060626 A1, Feb. 27, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 3/032 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/7271 (2013.01) [A61B 3/032 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/112 (2013.01); A61B 5/1124 (2013.01); A61B 5/1125 (2013.01); A61B 5/16 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); A61B 5/225 (2013.01); A61B 5/4023 (2013.01); A61B 5/4076 (2013.01); A61B 5/4082 (2013.01); A61B 5/4088 (2013.01); A61B 5/162 (2013.01); A61B 2560/04 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04809 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first housing portion comprising a test fixture having a base dimensioned and configured to overlay at least a display screen portion of a computing device, an arrangement of receptacles being formed in the test fixture and configured to receive any respective contact members within the receptacles as to render each of the contact members independently detectable by the computing device while each respective contact member is received in the receptacles, the contact members being separate from the test fixture and receivable in any of the respective receptacles,
a second housing portion connected to the first housing portion and configured to attach the first housing portion with respect to the display screen portion of the computing device; and
a mechanical hinge to rotatably connect the first housing portion with the second housing portion to enable the base to be moved into and out of engagement with the display screen of the computing device, wherein the hinge forms part of an electrical path interconnecting the first housing portion with an electrical ground of the computing device.