US 12,268,522 B2
Strap for a biometric monitor
Jari Nousiainen, Espoo (FI); and Jani Mäenpää, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to PulseOn Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 16/607,745
Filed by PulseOn Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed May 3, 2018, PCT No. PCT/FI2018/050323
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 24, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/202952, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 8, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 20175399 (FI), filed on May 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0146625 A1, May 14, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A44C 5/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/0295 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/681 (2013.01) [A44C 5/14 (2013.01); A61B 5/02055 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/0295 (2013.01); A61B 5/1112 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wrist strap for a biometric monitor, comprising:
a strap formed in one-piece and having two ends, the strap comprising an aperture between the two ends and wherein the strap comprises a first elastomeric material; and
a frame enclosed in the aperture in the strap, wherein the frame is a polygonal shape having a top side and an opposing bottom side, a first side and an opposing second side, and a third side and an opposing fourth side, and wherein the frame comprises a second elastomeric material; the frame being arranged to receive and removably attach the biometric monitor to the strap, wherein the frame is arranged to receive the biometric monitor inside the frame by stretching the frame so that the biometric monitor securely fits into the frame when the elastic second elastomeric material is returned to the original shape; and the frame being connected to the strap via a single pair of parts comprised in the aperture in the strap enabling rotational movement of the biometric monitor, wherein one of the parts being located on the third side and the other one of the parts being located on the opposing fourth side of the frame, and thereby defining a rotation axis between the single pair of parts, wherein the parts do not extend into and through the frame or strap, the rotation axis extending in a first direction which is a perpendicular direction to the direction of the strap, wherein a perpendicular bisector of the rotation axis between the single pair of parts is arranged to pass through a centre area of the frame, wherein the frame in the aperture is connected to the strap only by the single pair of parts and the frame is otherwise freely rotatable around the rotation axis, wherein the strap does not rotate about the rotation axis;
wherein the single pair of parts comprises a third elastomeric material.