US 12,402,834 B1
Wrist-mounted monitoring system
Jason Kennington, Street, MD (US); Drew Harlacher, Delta, PA (US); Cyrus Robert Etemad-Moghadam, Fallston, MD (US); Brian Ghezzi, Forest Hill, MD (US); and Laura Zawadowicz, Forest Hill, MD (US)
Assigned to Hindsight Systems, LLC, Jarrettsville, MD (US)
Filed by Jason Kennington, Street, MD (US); Drew Harlacher, Delta, PA (US); Cyrus Robert Etemad-Moghadam, Fallston, MD (US); Brian Ghezzi, Forest Hill, MD (US); and Laura Zawadowicz, Forest Hill, MD (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/892,059.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,249, filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/681 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring system comprising:
a strap having a free end and a base end;
a base attached to the base end of the strap;
at least one contact pad attached to the base;
an electrical conductor extending along the strap between the free end and the base end, wherein the electrical conductor is electrically connected to the at least one contact;
an electronic module releasably attached to the base, the electronic module comprising:
a processor;
a power supply electrically connected to the electrical conductor at the base end of the strap;
a transmitter; and
a locking pin; and
a locking mechanism configured to retain the electronic module on the base, the locking mechanism comprising:
a biasing member mounted on the base;
a locking pawl operable between a locking position and a release position, the biasing member biasing the locking pawl toward the locking position and engaging the locking pin when the electronic module is attached to the base;
wherein the free end of the strap is releasably insertable between the module and the base.