US 11,911,181 B1
Flexible wearable ring device
Heikki Juhani Huttunen, Oulu (FI); Teemu Juhani Haverinen, Oulu (FI); Jouni Juhani Huopana, Oulu (FI); Antti Kalevi Lämsä, Oulu (FI); Sami Sakari Ihme, Oulu (FI); and Jukka Tapani Mäkinen, Oulu (FI)
Assigned to Oura Health Oy, Oulu (FI)
Filed by Oura Health Oy, Oulu (FI)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,608.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6826 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible wearable device, comprising:
a flexible housing comprising a flexible material that is elastically deformable and that at least partially surrounds one or more components of the flexible wearable device, wherein the flexible housing comprises:
an inner housing component associated with a first stiffness;
an outer housing component associated with a second stiffness that is different from the first stiffness;
a plurality of apertures disposed within a surface of the flexible housing; and
a printed circuit board disposed within the flexible housing, wherein the printed circuit board comprises:
a plurality of sensors configured to acquire physiological data from a user based at least in part on light transmitted and received through the plurality of apertures; and
one or more flexible regions that are elastically deformable.