US 12,082,935 B2
Disposable health and vital signs monitoring patch and making of same
Yusuf Abu Tayeb Bhagat, Clinton, MA (US); Patrick John Verdon, Clinton, MA (US); Daniel Robert Parsons, Clinton, MA (US); Ralph Hugeneck, Clinton, MA (US); Mark Edward Sussman, Clinton, MA (US); David Donald Logan, Clinton, MA (US); Sai Guruva Reddy Avuthu, Clinton, MA (US); and Girish Satish Wable, Clinton, MA (US)
Assigned to Nypro Inc., Clinton, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/253,466
Filed by Nypro Inc., Clinton, MA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/038131
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/246340, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/687,589, filed on Jun. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0113132 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/28 (2021.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/257 (2021.01); A61B 5/265 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/28 (2021.01) [A61B 5/0006 (2013.01); A61B 5/1117 (2013.01); A61B 5/257 (2021.01); A61B 5/265 (2021.01); A61B 5/6833 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/028 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disposable vital signs monitoring patch comprising:
at least two hydrogel based conductive adhesives configured to contact a user skin surface;
a medical tape layer having at least a bottom surface, wherein the medical tape layer is configured to bond to the user skin surface, wherein the bottom surface includes at least two printed silver-silver chloride electrodes, and wherein the at least two hydrogel based conductive adhesives are configured to interact between the user skin surface and the at least two printed silver-silver chloride electrodes;
a double-sided medical tape layer configured to bond to the medical tape layer;
a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) layer including at least one vital signs monitoring sensor, a non-chargeable flexible battery, light emitting device (LED), and is connected to the at least two printed silver-silver chloride electrodes, wherein the PCBA is arranged to bond to the double-sided medical tape layer;
a polyethylene foam layer including a cut-out for the flexible battery and the LED, wherein the PCBA is arranged to bond to the polyethylene foam layer;
a plunger arranged to operate within a cut-out on the polyethylene foam layer; and
an acrylic adhesive transfer tape layer having at least a bottom surface, wherein the polyethylene foam layer is arranged to bond to the bottom surface of the acrylic adhesive transfer tape layer,
wherein the plunger is accessible on the acrylic adhesive transfer tape layer and configured to power on the disposable vital signs monitoring patch via the flexible battery,
wherein light from the LED is perceivable through the acrylic adhesive transfer tape layer at defined events, and wherein different blinking patterns and time periods indicate power on, power off, wireless device pairing, fall detection, normal operation, and lower power,
wherein the medical tape layer, the double-sided medical tape layer, the polyethylene foam layer, and the acrylic adhesive transfer tape layer are arranged and configured to provide bonding and sealing against environmental exposure,
wherein lack of a MAC address on a paired wireless device indicates that the disposable vital signs monitoring patch is off,
wherein the medical tape layer, the double-sided medical tape layer, the polyethylene foam layer, and the acrylic adhesive transfer tape layer enable strong bonds for a well-sealed and closed device which meets an IPX 67 rating.