Tamper-resistant wearable caretaking device

A wearable device comprising:

• a body comprising a hook-based latching mechanism, one or more processors, and a communication interface;
• and
• the hook-based latching mechanism comprising:
• a rotatable cross-bar, and
• a set of hook members rigidly connected to the rotatable cross-bar;
• a band affixed to the body, a length of the band being configured to encircle a wearer's limb, the band comprising:
• a set of conductive members positioned within the band and running the length of the band, a first end of each conductive member, of the set of conductive members, being conductively connected to a corresponding hook member of the set of hook members, and
• one or more loop members substantially spanning a width of the band, each loop member of the one or more loop members being disposed adjacent to the set of conductive members within the band;
• the hook-based latching mechanism being configured to engage with the band by:
• rotating the rotatable cross-bar, said rotating causing each hook member of the set of hook members to:
• (a) slide under a particular loop member, of the one or more loop members, and
• (b) make and maintain contact with a corresponding conductive member of the set of conductive members;
• each hook member, of the set of hook members, and each corresponding conductive member, of the set of conductive members, forming a respective circuit system, of a set of circuit systems, configured to conduct an electric current when the hook-based latching mechanism is engaged with the band;
• the one or more processors being configured to:
• while the hook-based latching mechanism is engaged with the band, detect loss of electric current in one or more circuit systems of the set of circuit systems, and
• responsive to detecting loss of electric current in the one or more circuit systems, transmit information regarding the loss of electric current in the one or more circuit systems, via the communication interface, to a destination application.

A wearable device comprising:

• a three-dimensional body having three mutually perpendicular axes along a width, a height, and a length, the body comprising a rod-based latching mechanism, one or more processors, and a communication interface;
• the rod-based latching mechanism comprising:
• a rotatable cross-bar, a length of which substantially spans a first axis of the three axes of the body,
• a set of rods each having a length longer than a width and a height, the length of each rod running being disposed along a second axis of the three axes of the body, each rod being configured to be moved by the rotatable cross-bar, and
• a set of conductive receiving plates, each of which is configured to touch a corresponding rod, of the set of rods, when the rod-based latching mechanism is engaged;
• a band affixed to an end of a third axis of the three axes of the body, a length of the band being configured to encircle a wearer's limb, the band comprising:
• one or more sets of holes, each set of holes being configured to receive the set of rods,
• a set of conductive members positioned within the band and running the length of the band, a first end of each conductive member, of the set of conductive members, being conductively connected to a corresponding conductive receiving plate of the set of conductive receiving plates, and
• wherein for each conductive member, of the set of conductive members, a corresponding hole of each of the one or more sets of holes exposes said each conductive member;
• the rod-based latching mechanism being configured to engage with the band by:
• rotating the rotatable cross-bar, said rotating causing each rod, of the set of rods, to:
• (a) enter a corresponding hole, of a particular set of holes of the one or more sets of holes,
• (b) make and maintain contact with a corresponding conductive member exposed through the corresponding hole, and
• (c) make and maintain contact with a corresponding conductive receiving plate of the set of conductive receiving plates;
• each rod, of the set of rods, each corresponding conductive member, of the set of conductive members, and each corresponding conductive receiving plate of the set of conductive receiving plates forming a respective circuit system, of a set of circuit systems, configured to conduct an electric current when the rod-based latching mechanism is engaged with the band;
• the one or more processors being configured to:
• while the rod-based latching mechanism is engaged with the band, detect loss of electric current in one or more circuit systems of the set of circuit systems, and
• responsive to detecting loss of electric current in the one or more circuit systems, transmit information regarding the loss of electric current in the one or more circuit systems, via the communication interface, to a destination application.