Module-housing system and method
AssigneeBioLink Systems, LLC
InventorsRoger King, Doug Jackson, John Naber, Jason Heyl
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Abstract
A clip-on module having a specialized housing design, probe contacts, switches, various advertising modes, and various configurations of signal repeaters is disclosed. The module is utilized via attachment to a specialized garment worn by a human patient. To properly apply the housing to the garment, a user will squeeze the module to open using tactile features embedded within the housing, locate the module, and then press-clamp the module to close and attach it. A plurality of probe contacts within the module have sharpness requirements for penetrating one or more layers of the garment while still maintaining low resistance, and will work with a backing material for probe.
Claims18
A method of testing and affirming proper installation of one or more modules that are each attached to a garment having moisture-detection electrodes, comprising:
- clipping a module onto a garment thereby connecting a plurality of probes within the module in an electrical contact with the moisture-detection electrodes within the garment;
- ensuring that each of the plurality of probes makes an electrical connection to one or more of the moisture-detection electrodes within the garment;
- passing a predetermined amount of current through the plurality of probes;
- measuring a voltage between the plurality of probes;
- pressing the test button on the module;
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- viewing an LED within the module for whether the LED flashes or not, thereby obtaining a visual indication whether the probes are effectively contacting the moisture-detection electrodes or not.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.