US 12,265,063 B2
Embedded sensor devices and methods
Pouria Ghods, Gloucester (CA); Rouhollah Alizadeh, Nepean (CA); Andrew Fahim, Ottawa (CA); Sarah De Carufel, Clarence Creek (CA); and Mustafa Salehi, Nepean (CA)
Appl. No. 17/593,964
Filed by GIATEC SCIENTIFIC INC., Nepean (CA)
PCT Filed Apr. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/050440
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/198872, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/828,585, filed on Apr. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107251 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 3/62 (2006.01); G01N 3/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/38 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G01N 3/066 (2013.01) [G01N 3/62 (2013.01); G01N 33/383 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor device comprising:
a body comprising an electronic circuit and either a wireless transmitter or a wireless transceiver operating according to a predetermined wireless standard;
a cable connecting one or more sensors externally disposed with respect to the body to the electronic circuit;
a strap attached at a first predetermined location on the body;
a hook disposed at a second predetermined location on the body; and
either:
a plurality of features upon at least one of an upper surface of the strap and a lower surface of the strap to enhance grip to a user manipulating the strap;
or:
a plurality of features upon a lower surface of the strap proximal the end of the strap where it attaches to the body, the features for engaging a surface of an element the sensor device is to be attached to when the strap is wrapped around the element.