Sensor determining a physical or physiological parameter
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsMareike Klee, Christianus Martinus Van Heesch, Dirk Jan Broer, Jacob Roger Haartsen
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Abstract
A device and method determining or measuring a biological, physical or physiological parameter of an object includes a flexible carrier configured to be placed in a vicinity of the object; and at least one a sensor element attached to the flexible carrier and configured to determine at least one biological, physical or physiological parameter. In addition, a heating element is attached to the flexible carrier and configured to provide heat to the object; and a degradable adhesive is arranged on the flexible carrier adjacent to the heating element and configured to at least temporally affix the flexible carrier to the object.
Claims16
A device for determining a biological, physical or physiological parameter of an object, the device comprising:
- a flexible carrier configured to be placed in a vicinity of the object;
- at least one sensor element attached to the flexible carrier and configured to determine at least one biological, physical or physiological parameter;
- a heating element attached to the flexible carrier and configured to provide heat to the object;
- and
- a degradable adhesive
- arranged on the flexible carrier adjacent to the heating element and configured to at least temporally
- affix the flexible carrier to the object.
A method of removing a device from an object, comprising acts of:
- providing a device including a flexible carrier for placing in a vicinity of the object and having at least one sensor element for determining at least one biological, physical or physiological parameter, a heating element for providing heat to the object, a link for providing power to the sensor element and receiving the parameter, and a degradable adhesive adjacent to the heating element for affixing the flexible carrier to the object;
- controlling the heating element
- to provide heat to the object and degrading the degradable adhesive;
- wherein the degradable adhesive includes an adhesive element and a degradable element and degrading of the degradable adhesive degrades the degradable element causing detaching of the device from the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.