US 12,133,766 B2
Ultrasonic coupling device
Alexi J. Young, Shoreview, MN (US); Ronald D. Jesme, Plymouth, MN (US); and Nicholas T. Gabriel, Grand Rapids, MN (US)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/610,676
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/055414
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/261013, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/866,437, filed on Jun. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240892 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); B32B 1/08 (2006.01); B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4281 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4236 (2013.01); B32B 1/08 (2013.01); B32B 3/08 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 27/065 (2013.01); B32B 27/308 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); B32B 2266/025 (2013.01); B32B 2266/122 (2016.11)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasonic coupling device, comprising
a foam having an aperture;
a hydrogel comprising a water content of at least 10 wt % and a particle with at least one dimension less than 100 nm, wherein at least part of the hydrogel is located in the aperture of the foam; and
a near field communication device.