IP Library Granted Patent US 11,707,213
Granted Patent B2
US 11,707,213 · App. 16/944,734 · Granted Jul 25, 2023

Physiological signal monitoring device

Inventors: Chun-Mu Huang (Taichung, TW); Chieh-Hsing Chen (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: BIONIME CORPORATION
A61B5/14532A61B5/0004A61B5/14503A61B5/688A61B2562/166A61B2562/226A61B2562/227
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Patent No.
US 11,707,213
App. No.
16/944,734
Granted
Jul 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A physiological signal monitoring device includes a sensing member and a transmitter connected to the sensing member and including a circuit board that has electrical contacts, and a connecting port, which includes a socket communicated to the circuit board and a plurality of conducting springs disposed at two opposite sides of the socket. The sensing member is removably inserted into the socket. The conducting springs are electrically connected to the electrical contacts and the sensing member for enabling electric connection therebetween. Each of the conducting springs is frictionally rotated by the sensing member during insertion of the sensing member into the socket and removal of the sensing member from the socket.

Claims (41)

1. A physiological signal monitoring device for sensing a physiological signal in an analyte of a host, comprising:

a sensing member, including

a signal sensing end adapted to be inserted underneath a skin of the host to sense the physiological signal, and

a signal output end for outputting the physiological signal; and

a transmitter connected to said sensing member for receiving, processing and transmitting the physiological signal, and including

a circuit board having a plurality of electrical contacts, and

a connecting port connected to said circuit board and having a socket which is communicated to said circuit board, a port casing which is mounted on said circuit board and which is formed with said socket, and a plurality of conducting springs which are disposed at two opposite sides of said socket, wherein said port casing has a plurality of slanted surfaces facing said circuit board and said sensing member thereby forcing said conducting springs against said circuit board and said sensing member with force vectors in a direction of a first axis and a direction of a second axis transverse to the first axis;

wherein said sensing member is removably inserted into said socket;

wherein each of said conducting springs has one side electrically connected to a respective one of said electrical contacts of said circuit board and another side electrically connected to said signal output end of said sensing member for electric connection between the respective one of said electrical contacts and said signal output end; and

wherein each of said conducting springs is frictionally rotated by said sensing member during insertion of said sensing member into said socket and removal of said sensing member from said socket.

2. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said connecting port further includes a plurality of grooves communicated to said socket to receive said conducting springs therein.

3. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of said grooves of said connecting port tapers toward said socket.

4. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of said conducting springs has an extended section extending along an inner surface of said port casing toward said circuit board and connected to the respective one of said electrical contacts.

5. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of said conducting springs has one end fixed on a respective one of said grooves.

6. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

said sensing member includes a plurality of electrodes that are in contact with said conducting springs, and that include a power-supplying electrode and a working electrode; and

said conducting springs include sensing conducting springs and power-supplying conducting springs.

7. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:

said electrodes of said sensing member further include signal receiving and signal sending electrodes; and

said conducting springs further include a plurality of transmitting conducting springs.

8. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein:

said transmitter further includes a processing unit connected to said electrical contacts; and

said socket of said connecting port is further adapted for an additional transmission device to be inserted thereinto to provide electric connection and data transmission between said processing unit and said additional transmission device through said transmitting conducting springs.

9. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:

said transmitter further includes a battery connected to said electrical contacts through said power-supplying conducting springs, said electrodes and power-supplying conducting springs forming a switch;

said switch is in an open circuit state, and said battery is in a non-power supplying state when said sensing member is not inserted into said socket of said connecting port; and

said switch is in a closed circuit state, and said battery is in a power supplying state when said sensing member is inserted into said socket of said connecting port to provide an electric connection between said power-supplying electrode of said sensing member and said power-supplying conducting springs.

10. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:

said transmitter further includes a processing unit connected to said electrical contacts; and

the working electrode is in contact with said sensing conducting springs for transferring the physiological signal to said processing unit when said sensing member is inserted into said socket of said connecting port.

11. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of said conducting springs includes a helical portion with two to six turns.

12. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of said conducting springs includes a helical portion with a plurality of turns thereby providing multi-point contacts with the respective one of said electrical contacts of said circuit board and said signal output end of said sensing member.

13. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said sensing member is inserted into said socket in the direction of the first axis, and said signal output end of said sensing member is electrically connected to each of said conducting springs in the direction of the second axis.

14. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a fixed seat, wherein the sensing member is held within the fixed seat.

15. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising a base that is removably coupled to said transmitter, wherein said fixed seat is mounted between said transmitter and said base, and said signal sensing end of said sensing member protrudes from a bottom surface of said fixed seat.

16. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

said sensing member includes a plurality of electrodes that are in contact with said conducting springs, and that include a power-supplying electrode and a reference electrode; and

said conducting springs include sensing conducting springs and power-supplying conducting springs.

17. The physiological signal monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

said sensing member includes a plurality of electrodes that are in contact with said conducting springs, and that include a power-supplying electrode and a counter electrode; and

said conducting springs include sensing conducting springs and power-supplying conducting springs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2020
From: HUANG, CHUN-MU; CHEN, CHIEH-HSING
To: BIONIME CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053369/0659 →
Priority Claims (3)
TW 109100852 · Jan 10, 2020 · national
TW 109100968 · Jan 10, 2020 · national
TW 109109242 · Mar 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62882140 · Aug 2, 2019
Related Publication 20210030328A1 · Feb 4, 2021
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