US 11,963,590 B2
Ring-type wearable device
Jin-hong Min, Suwon-si (KR); Jea-hyuck Lee, Anyang-si (KR); Seong-wook Jo, Suwon-si (KR); Shin-hee Cho, Suwon-si (KR); and Su-ho Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,680.
Application 17/738,680 is a continuation of application No. 16/070,379, granted, now 11,324,292, previously published as PCT/KR2016/012432, filed on Nov. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0012237 (KR), filed on Feb. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256984 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A44C 9/00 (2006.01); A44C 15/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01)
CPC A44C 9/0053 (2013.01) [A44C 9/0023 (2013.01); A44C 15/0015 (2013.01); A61B 5/0006 (2013.01); A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 5/02416 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/24 (2021.01); A61B 5/6826 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0468 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ring-type wearable device comprising:
an outer ring;
an inner ring detachably inserted into an inner side of the outer ring;
a cover surrounding an outside of the outer ring;
a sensor including a portion exposed towards an inside of the inner ring through a first opening in the outer ring and a corresponding second opening in the inner ring; and
a control circuit disposed in a space between the cover and the outer ring,
wherein the size of the ring-type wearable device is changeable by replacing the inner ring with a different size.