Skin device including a flexible area and means for limiting bending
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsNicolas Karst, Fabrice Emieux, Simon Perraud
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device intended for being attached to the skin of a user, the device being substantially planar and including at least one flexible area in which the device can be bent relative to an axis located in the plane of the device, and in which components sensitive to bending are placed, the device including means for limiting the bending such as to limit the bending of said at least one flexible area of the device relative to at least one axis located in the plane of the device.
Claims27
A device for securing flexure-sensitive components to the skin of a user while substantially conforming to a shape of the user's skin but without damaging the flexure-sensitive components, the device, having a surface, comprising:
- an element having a thickness in which flexure-sensitive components are situated, the element being substantially planar in its original form and having at least one first flexible zone in which the device can be bent relative to an axis situated in a plane of the device and in which the flexure-sensitive components are situated;
- at least two flexure limiting elements received within the element that are configured for limiting a flexure of said at least one first flexible zone of the device relative to at least two axes situated in the plane of the device, the at least two flexure limiting elements each comprising:
- protruding parts having first and second opposing sides extending along at least a portion of the thickness of the element;
- a first central part extending from the first and second opposing sides along an axis extending along the protruding parts, and
- a second central part extending from the first and second opposing sides along an axis different from the axis of the protruding parts,
- an encapsulating unit for housing the element and the at least two flexure limiting elements, the encapsulating unit comprising:
- a first part having at least a first wall extending along a first axis;
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- a second part having at least a second wall extending along an axis different from the first axis of the first wall;
- wherein the protruding parts are connected in pairs by the first and second central parts, said first and second central parts not all having a same orientation, so that the protruding parts define recesses between them;
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- wherein the element and the at least two flexure limiting elements are received between the first and second parts, and wherein a portion of one of the at least two flexure limiting elements is in contact with the first wall and a portion of the other of the at least two flexure limiting elements is in contact with the second wall.
A device for securing flexure-sensitive components to the skin of a user while substantially conforming to a shape of the user's skin but without damaging the flexure-sensitive components, the device, having a surface, comprising:
- an element having a thickness in which flexure-sensitive components are situated, the element being substantially planar in its original form and having at least one first flexible zone in which the device can be bent relative to at least two axes situated in a plane of the device and in which the flexure-sensitive components are situated;
- at least two flexure limiting elements received within the element that are configured to limit a flexure of said at least one first flexible zone of the device relative to at least two axes situated in the plane of the device, the at least two flexure limiting elements each comprising:
- protruding parts having first and second opposing sides extending along at least a portion of the thickness of the element;
- a first central part extending from the first and second opposing sides along an axis extending along the protruding parts,
- a second central part extending from the first and second opposing sides along an axis different from the axis of the protruding parts,
- wherein the protruding parts are connected in pairs by central parts, said central parts not all having a same orientation.
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