Granted Patent B2

US 12,582,339 · App. 17/983,277 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Inventors: Jeffrey Joseph Abercrombie, II (Oakland, CA); Genaro Sebastian Sepulveda (Oakland, CA); Shena Hae Park (San Francisco, CA); Ryan James Wensley (San Francisco, CA); James Kihyun Lee (San Francisco, CA); Thomas Burnell Reeve, III (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: iRhythm Technologies, Inc.

A61B5/257A61B5/282A61B5/6833H05K1/147H05K5/0026H05K5/0086H05K5/0217H05K7/1427A61B5/325A61B5/6843A61B2090/0807A61B2562/0215A61B2562/0217A61B2562/166A61B2562/227

Abstract

Claims (42)

1 . A wearable device for monitoring physiological signals in a user, the wearable device comprising:

at least one battery, the battery comprising a first terminal on a first side of the battery and a second terminal on a second side of the battery;

a sensor configured to detect physiological signals; and

a battery terminal connector comprising:

a trace layer;

a first conductive trace disposed on a first surface of the battery terminal connector;

a second conductive trace disposed on a second surface of the battery terminal connector; and

one or more vias, wherein the one or more vias form through holes of the trace layer.

2 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more vias comprise conductive material.

3 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more vias comprises the same material as the first conductive trace or the second conductive trace.

4 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more vias comprises a different material of the first or second conductive trace.

5 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more vias are configured to electrically connect an inner and outer surface of the battery terminal connector.

6 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more vias electrically connect a first conductive material disposed on the first side of the trace layer and a second conductive material disposed on a second side of the trace layer opposite the first side.

7 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the trace layer is coupled to a flexible wing of the wearable device and configured to transmit electrical signals from the sensor to a hardware processor, the trace layer comprising a polymeric body extending from a first contact region positioned adjacent the sensor to a second contact region positioned adjacent the hardware processor.

8 . The wearable device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more vias are positioned at the second contact region.

9 . A wearable device for monitoring physiological signals in a user, the wearable device comprising:

at least one battery, the battery comprising a first terminal on a first side of the battery and a second terminal on a second side of the battery;

a sensor configured to detect physiological signals; and

a battery terminal connector comprising:

an insulator layer;

a first conductive trace disposed on a first surface of the insulator layer or;

a second conductive trace disposed on a second surface of the insulator layer; and

one or more vias extending through the insulator layer.

10 . The wearable device of claim 9 , wherein the wearable device further comprising:

an adhesive layer coupled to a bottom surface of a flexible wing of the wearable device for adhering the wearable device to the user,

wherein the flexible wing and/or the adhesive layer comprises a therapeutic agent for delivery to a surface of the user, the adhesive layer being configured to allow the therapeutic agent to the be eluted through the adhesive layer to the surface of the user.

11 . The wearable device of claim 10 , wherein the adhesive layer comprises a hydrocolloid.

12 . The wearable device of claim 10 , wherein the therapeutic agent is configured to reduce skin irrigation, reduce itchiness, reduce bacterial growth, induce histamine release, and/or provide an anesthetic effect.

13 . The wearable device of claim 9 , wherein the insulator layer is separating the first conductive trace from the first or second terminal of the at least one battery.

14 . The wearable device of claim 9 , wherein the insulator layer is separating the first conductive trace from the second conductive trace.

15 . The wearable device of claim 9 , wherein the second conductive trace is disposed on an inner surface and an outer surface of the insulator layer and wherein inner and outer portions of the second conductive trace are electrically connected by the one or more vias.

16 . A wearable device for monitoring physiological signals in a user, the wearable device comprising:

at least one battery, the battery comprising a first terminal on a first side of the battery and a second terminal on a second side of the battery;

a sensor configured to detect physiological signals; and

a battery terminal connector comprising:

a first conductive trace disposed on a first surface of the battery terminal connector;

a second conductive trace disposed on a second surface of the battery terminal connector; and

one or more vias on the battery terminal creating an electrical connection between the first and second conductive traces.

17 . The wearable device of claim 16 , wherein a conductive material of the one or more vias is different than a material for the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace.

18 . The wearable device of claim 16 , wherein a conductive material of the one or more vias is the same as the material for the first conductive trace and the second conductive trace.

19 . The wearable device of claim 16 , wherein the first conductive trace includes one or more first holes, the second conductive trace includes one or more second holes, the one or more first holes align with the one or more second holes, wherein the first and second conductive trace are electrically connected by the one or more vias extending through the one or more first holes and the one or more second holes.

20 . The wearable device of claim 16 , wherein the first conductive trace includes a first group of holes and a second group of holes, the second conductive trace includes a third group of holes and a fourth group of holes, the first group of holes align with the third group of holes, the second group of holes align with the fourth group of holes, wherein the first and second conductive trace are electrically connected by the one or more vias extending through the first, second, third, and fourth group of holes.

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