	US 11,806,164 B2
	Method and apparatus for health condition of a person based on bodily fluid
Thomas A. Howell, Palo Alto, CA (US); Angeline Hadiwidjaja, Los Altos, CA (US); Peter P. Tong, Mountain View, CA (US); and C. Douglass Thomas, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to IpVenture, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by IpVenture, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/724,816.
Application 17/724,816 is a continuation of application No. 17/211,977, filed on Mar. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,337,650.
Application 17/211,977 is a continuation of application No. 16/270,773, filed on Feb. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,013,461, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 16/270,773 is a continuation of application No. 15/231,292, filed on Aug. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,258,278, issued on Apr. 16, 2019.
Application 15/231,292 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/279,483, filed on May 16, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/279,483 is a continuation of application No. 11/592,431, filed on Nov. 2, 2006, granted, now 8,734,341, issued on May 27, 2014.
Application 11/592,431 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/451,781, filed on Jun. 12, 2006, abandoned.
Application 11/592,431 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/314,545, filed on Dec. 20, 2005, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/256,901, filed on Nov. 18, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/785,825, filed on Mar. 24, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/732,925, filed on Nov. 2, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/689,312, filed on Jun. 10, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/670,957, filed on Apr. 13, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/652,213, filed on Feb. 14, 2005.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/636,969, filed on Dec. 20, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240850 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01)

CPC A61B 5/4875 (2013.01) [A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/14507 (2013.01); A61B 5/443 (2013.01); A61B 5/0008 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61B 5/6887 (2013.01); A61B 10/0051 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium of a handheld sensing apparatus configured to receive a sensing strip that is configured for single use,

the handheld sensing apparatus comprising:

a computing device;

a display; and

connection terminals; and

the sensing strip comprising:

a first water-impermeable layer;

a second water-impermeable layer;

a first conductive line having a first end and a second end; and

a second conductive line having a first end and a second end,

wherein the first conductive line and the second conductive line are configured to be separated from one another,

wherein at least a portion of the first conductive line and at least a portion of the second conductive line are configured to be between the first water-impermeable layer and the second water-impermeable layer,

wherein at least an area proximate to the second end of the first conductive line and an area proximate to the second end of the second conductive line are configured such that they are not covered by at least one of the first and the second water-impermeable layers,

wherein the first end of each of the first and second conductive lines are configured to be positioned proximate to at least an opening of the sensing strip,

wherein the second end of each of the first and the second conductive lines are configured to be positioned away from the at least the opening, and

wherein the at least the opening is configured to allow at least a portion of a bodily fluid of a user to get to at least the vicinity of at least the first end of the first conductive line, and at least a portion of the bodily fluid of the user to get to at least the vicinity of at least the first end of the second conductive line, and

the non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions, when executed by at least the computing device, configured to cause the handheld sensing apparatus to:

measure at least an electrical characteristic across the first and the second conductive lines proximate to their second ends, when the connection terminals are electrically connected to first and second conductive lines proximate to their second ends, with the electrical characteristic depending on at least portions of the bodily fluid getting to at least the vicinities of at least the first ends of the first and the second conductive lines, via the at least the opening, to provide at least an indication related to a health condition of the user; and

present data, based on at least the indication, related to the health condition of the user via the display.