US 11,883,135 B2
Wearable three-dimensional auricular multi-point bio-signal acquisition, health status monitoring, and bio-stimulation device
Ho-Yin Chan, Hong Kong (HK); Qing Yun Huang, Hong Kong (HK); and Wen Jung Li, Hong Kong (HK)
Assigned to City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK)
Filed by City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/512,672.
Prior Publication US 2023/0138891 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61B 5/0531 (2021.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/02055 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0531 (2013.01); A61B 5/25 (2021.01); A61B 5/318 (2021.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); A61B 5/6815 (2013.01); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 18 Claims
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1. A three-dimensional printed, personalized auricular multi- point bio-signal acquisition, heath status monitoring, and bio-stimulation device comprising:
an artificial ear model configured to be complementary morphologically to a wearer's outer ear comprising a plurality of 3D printable materials forming a body prepared according to multiple geometrically pre-marked and pre-sampled point locations by 3D scanning, and one or more sensing and simulating electrodes by 3D printing with a plurality of bio-signal sensing ends that are exposed on a surface of the artificial ear model that is proximal to a surface of the wearer's outer ear where the majority of auricular points of human body is located;
at least a data acquisition unit for independently and simultaneously collecting real-time bio-signals detected by the plurality of sensing and stimulating electrodes from the multiple auricular points of the wearer's outer ear and processed by an automatic 3D contour mapping user interface.