US 2023/0411834 A1 · ANTENNA CONFIGURATION FOR COMPACT GLUCOSE MONITOR

Abstract

A wearable glucose monitor may include a compact having an antenna positioned on a housing of the glucose monitor to allow the size of the antenna to be larger than a printed circuit board of the glucose monitor positioned internal to the housing. The antenna may be communicatively coupled to a wireless communication device, such as a transceiver on the PCB, to transmit glucose level measurements to an external device through low-frequency radio signals. In some aspects, the antenna may be configured to be distributed into multiple sections positioned on different sections of the housing and connected to form a complete antenna.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A wearable device, comprising:

a device housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion, the first housing portion coupled to the second housing portion;
a printed circuit board (“PCB”) disposed in the device housing and communicatively coupled to a sensor to measure a biomedical parameter of a patient;
and
an antenna communicatively coupled to the wearable device, the first housing portion having a first portion of the antenna and the second housing portion having the second portion of the antenna, wherein the first portion of the antenna is electrically coupled to the second portion of the antenna by coupling the first housing portion to the second housing portions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/169,773Filed 15 Feb 2023

Priority

9 Aug 2016

Published

21 Dec 2023

Term ends

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Classification14 codes

H01Q 1/273
Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies: adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
A61B 5/076
Endoradiosondes: permanent implantation
A61B 5/14532
Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration or pH-value ; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g.…: for…
H01Q 1/2208
By structural association with other equipment or articles: associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for…

Family

Application15/231,906Continuation · filed 9 Aug 2016

Application17/248,466Continuation · filed 26 Jan 2021

Application18/169,773Continuation

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Antenna configuration for compact glucose monitor

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Antenna configuration for compact glucose monitor

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Abstract

Claims20