US 12,150,784 B1
Replaceable carrier for wearable devices
Jonathan Grossman, South San Francisco, CA (US); Pey-Jiun Ko, South San Francisco, CA (US); David Lari, South San Francisco, CA (US); Jon Echt, South San Francisco, CA (US); Xianyan Wang, South San Francisco, CA (US); and Arthur Lin, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Verily Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,153.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6832 (2013.01) [A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/6824 (2013.01); A61B 5/6833 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adhesive carrier, comprising:
a ring-shaped carrier body having a top edge opposite to a bottom edge;
an adhesive sheet having an adhesive surface opposite to a non-adhesive surface, wherein the non-adhesive surface is bonded to the bottom edge of the ring-shaped carrier body, wherein an energy director feature protrudes away from the bottom edge through the non-adhesive surface, the adhesive sheet, and the adhesive surface, the energy director feature connecting the bottom edge and the adhesive sheet at an interface, wherein the interface between the bottom edge of the ring-shaped carrier body and the adhesive sheet comprises a thermally welded connection, wherein the energy director feature melts and integrates with the adhesive sheet; and
a removable liner attached to the adhesive surface, wherein the removable liner extends beyond a perimeter of the adhesive sheet.