US 12,144,982 B2
Stretchable cuff device
Ludovic Serex, Lausanne (CH); Nicolas Vachicouras, Chambésy (CH); Florian Fallegger, Lausanne (CH); Giuseppe Schiavone, Morges (CH); and Valentina Marie Paggi, Chavannes-près-Renens (CH)
Assigned to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, (EPFL)Lausanne (CH)
Appl. No. 17/613,538
Filed by ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne (CH)
PCT Filed Jun. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/055395
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/254915, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/IB2019/055101 (WO), filed on Jun. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0249834 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/388 (2021.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0556 (2013.01) [A61B 5/388 (2021.01); A61N 1/0509 (2013.01); A61N 1/0558 (2013.01); A61N 1/3606 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cuff device comprising:
a support having a first end, a second end, and an elongated body therebetween, the support being stretchable;
a connection device for at least one of electrical, magnetic, and fluidic connection with an external device;
a buckle configured to receive the first end of the support and configured for a slidable engagement with the elongated body to close and lock the cuff device at desired positions; and
at least one of
(i) at least one of an electrode and electronic component operatively connected with the connection device, the at least one of an electrode and electronic component configured to electrically interface with a biological tissue, and
(ii) a channel having an inlet, an outlet, and an elongated body therebetween, the channel operatively connected with the connection device by the inlet and configured to fluidically interface with a biological tissue by the outlet.