# US 10,945,668 B2 · Adhesive layer application and removal device for wearable hardware > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,945,668 B2 - Document ID: US10945668B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/410,910 - Filed: 2019-05-13 - Published: 2019-11-21 - Granted: 2021-03-16 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-15 - Assignees: Verily Life Sciences LLC - Applicants: Verily Life Sciences LLC - Inventors: William Biederman; Sean Frick; Roxana Heitz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10945668B2 ## CPC - A61B 5/6833: {Adhesive patches} - A61B 5/68335: {including release sheets or liners} - A61B 5/01: Measuring temperature of body parts {; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue} (clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20) - B65D 83/08: for dispensing thin flat articles in succession (for surgical scalpel blades A61B17/3215) - B65D 83/0811: {with means for assisting dispensing} - A61B 5/0533: Measuring galvanic skin response - A61B 5/113: occurring during breathing - A61B 2560/0209: adapted for power saving - A61B 2560/0412: Low-profile patch shaped housings - A61B 2562/0219: Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches - A61B 2562/164: the sensor is mounted in or on a conformable substrate or carrier - B29C 65/4825: {Pressure sensitive adhesives} - B29C 65/72: by combined operations {or combined techniques}, e.g. welding and stitching - B29C 65/76: Making non-permanent or releasable joints - B29C 65/7814: {in the form of inter-cooperating positioning features (holding or clamping means cooperating with specially formed features of at least one of the parts to be joined B29C65/7844), e.g. tenons and mortises (tenon and mortise joints B29C66/126; tongue and groove joints B29C66/124)} - B29C 65/7858: {characterised by the feeding movement of the parts to be joined} - B29C 66/47: {Joining single elements to sheets, plates or other substantially flat surfaces (B29C66/5326 takes precedence)} - B32B 7/06: permitting easy separation - B32B 37/1284: {Application of adhesive} - B32B 38/10: Removing layers, or parts of layers, mechanically or chemically - B65D 83/0817: {the articles being automatically urged towards the dispensing aperture, e.g. spring-loaded (B65D83/0823 takes precedence)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM ## Abstract A method is disclosed that includes removing an adhesive layer from a lower housing of a monitoring device; aligning the monitoring device with an opening of an adhesive applicator; coupling an uppermost adhesive layer that is positioned within the adhesive applicator with the lower housing; and removing the monitoring device from the opening of the adhesive applicator. A shape of the lower housing of the monitor corresponds to the shape of the opening of the adhesive applicator; and aligning the monitoring device with the opening of the adhesive applicator comprises matching the orientation of the lower housing to the orientation of the opening in the adhesive applicator. The method also includes the monitoring device selectively entering a battery preservation mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: aligning a lower housing of a monitoring device with an opening of an adhesive applicator; wherein the adhesive applicator comprises: a housing forming an internal chamber and the opening through which the internal chamber is accessible; and a spring-loaded floor that moves between a floor of the internal chamber and the opening; wherein an uppermost adhesive layer is positioned within the internal chamber; and wherein the uppermost adhesive layer is one of a plurality of adhesive layers; positioning the lower housing of the monitoring device within the opening to couple the uppermost adhesive layer with the lower housing; and removing the monitoring device from the opening of the adhesive applicator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a shape of the lower housing of the monitoring device corresponds to a shape of the opening of the adhesive applicator; and wherein aligning the monitoring device with the opening of the adhesive applicator comprises matching the orientation of the lower housing to the orientation of the opening of the adhesive applicator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of adhesive layers and a plurality of adhesive liners are alternately stacked on the spring-loaded floor; wherein a top surface of the uppermost adhesive layer is coupled to a first adhesive liner of the plurality of adhesive liners and a bottom surface of the uppermost adhesive layer is coupled to a second adhesive liner of the plurality of adhesive liners; and wherein the method further comprises removing the first adhesive liner to expose the top surface of the uppermost adhesive layer before coupling the uppermost adhesive layer with the lower housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the opening is defined by an internal shoulder formed in the housing; wherein the second adhesive liner has a size that is greater than the size of the opening; and wherein the method further comprises the spring-loaded floor pushing the second adhesive liner against the internal shoulder formed in the housing such that a periphery of the second adhesive liner contacts the internal shoulder. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein pushing the second adhesive liner against the internal shoulder formed in the housing results in the uppermost adhesive layer extending within the opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the second adhesive liner comprises a pull tab; and wherein, when the second adhesive liner is pushed against the internal shoulder formed in the housing, the pull tab extends outside of the housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein a spacer is positioned between the first and second adhesive liners; and wherein the spacer encourages the pull tab to extend outside of the housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the lower housing of the monitoring device forms a plurality of recessed pockets; wherein the uppermost adhesive layer forms a plurality of openings; wherein a portion of the uppermost adhesive layer extends over a portion of the recessed pockets when the uppermost adhesive layer is adhered to the lower housing; wherein the method further comprises removing the uppermost adhesive layer from the lower housing of the monitoring device; and wherein removing the uppermost adhesive layer from the lower housing comprises moving the monitoring device relative to a plurality of rotating arms such that the arms extend within at least a portion of the plurality of openings and the recessed pockets and pull the uppermost adhesive layer from the lower housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising the monitoring device entering a battery preservation mode upon detecting that the monitoring device is not coupled to a skin of a user. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising the monitoring device entering a battery preservation mode upon receiving an instruction, from a user, to enter the battery preservation mode. ### Claim 11 An adhesive layer applicator for a body-mountable device, the applicator comprising: a housing defining an opening through which a chamber is accessible; and a plurality of adhesive layers and a plurality of adhesive liners alternately stacked on a floor that is movable within the chamber; wherein the size and shape of the opening corresponds to the size and shape of the body-mountable device; wherein the housing is configured to receive at least a portion of the body-mountable device through the opening; wherein a footprint of the plurality of adhesive layers is smaller than a footprint of the plurality of adhesive liners; and wherein a spacer is positioned between two consecutive adhesive liners and offset from each of the adhesive layers. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The applicator of claim 11, wherein the floor is spring-loaded; and wherein the floor is movable between a floor of the chamber and the opening. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The applicator of claim 12, wherein the plurality of adhesive layers and the plurality of adhesive liners are positioned within the housing such that when the body-mountable device is received in the opening, one of the plurality of adhesive layers contacts the body-mountable device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The applicator of claim 12, wherein the shape of the body-mountable device is not-symmetrical in at least one direction. ### Claim 15 An apparatus comprising: a body-mountable device comprising an upper housing coupled to a lower housing; and an adhesive applicator comprising: a housing forming an internal chamber and a first opening through which the chamber is accessible; a spring-loaded floor that moves between a floor of the chamber and the first opening; and a plurality of adhesive layers and a plurality of adhesive liners alternately stacked on the spring-loaded floor; wherein the size and shape of the first opening corresponds to the size and shape of the lower housing of the body-mountable device; wherein the first opening is configured to receive the lower housing of the body-mountable device; wherein the body-mountable device further comprises a thermal contact extending from the lower housing; wherein a second opening is formed in an uppermost adhesive layer in the plurality of adhesive layers; and wherein the thermal contact aligns with and extends within the second opening of the uppermost adhesive layer when the first opening receives the lower housing of the body-mountable device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein a conductive gel is accommodated within the second opening. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the shape of the lower housing is not-symmetrical in at least one direction; and wherein the shape of the first opening is not-symmetrical in at least one direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein each layer in the plurality of adhesive layers comprises an adhesive configured to be applied to a skin of a patient; and wherein each adhesive liner in the plurality of adhesive liners comprises a pull tab that is sized to remove the adhesive liner from an adjacent adhesive layer.