US 12,324,908 B2
Thermoelectric driving wearable system
Zong-Hong Lin, Hsinchu (TW); Hua-Shan Wu, Hsinchu (TW); and Hsuan-Yu Ho, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,080.
Claims priority of application No. 111144857 (TW), filed on Nov. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0165399 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/28 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); H10N 19/00 (2023.01)
CPC A61N 1/048 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0468 (2013.01); A61N 1/0476 (2013.01); A61N 1/28 (2013.01); A61N 1/36034 (2017.08); H10N 19/00 (2023.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoelectric driving wearable system, comprising:
a thermoelectric device, comprising:
two thermal interface material layers configured for contacting a heat source and a cold source, respectively; and
a thermoelectric converting layer located between the two thermal interface material layers and configured for generating an electric energy according to a temperature difference between the heat source and the cold source; and
an electrical stimulating assembly electrically connected to the thermoelectric device and configured for being disposed at a skin surface, and the electrical stimulating assembly receiving the electric energy and transmitting a current to a stimulated region, the electrical stimulating assembly comprising:
a cover membrane configured for covering the stimulated region;
a first electrode assembly disposed on the cover membrane, electrically connected to a positive electrode and having a plurality of first comb electrodes, and the first comb electrodes configured for contacting the stimulated region; and
a second electrode assembly disposed on the cover membrane, electrically connected to a negative electrode and having a plurality of second comb electrodes, and the second comb electrodes configured for contacting the stimulated region;
wherein the first comb electrodes are electrically isolated from the second comb electrodes, the first comb electrodes and the second comb electrodes form a current stimulating region that is a round region, and each of the first comb electrodes and each of the second comb electrodes that is adjacent thereto form a plurality of concentric circular sections with different diameters.