Granted Patent
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US 12,201,402 · App. 18/096,748 · Granted Jan 21, 2025
Wearable device (smart bra) with compressive chambers and optical sensors for analyzing breast tissue
Assignee:
Holovisions LLC
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Abstract
This invention is a wearable device or system for optical analysis of breast tissue which be embodied in a “smart bra” or an insert which is placed into the cup of a conventional bra. This device or system has light emitters which transmit light into breast tissue and light receivers which receive the light after it has been transmitted through the breast tissue. It also has expandable chambers which gently compress a breast to reduce light diffusion and improve optical scanning of breast tissue.
Claims (7)
1. A wearable device for analyzing breast tissue comprising:
a cup which is configured to be worn on a person's breast, wherein the cup further comprises an array of elastic rings, and wherein elastic rings of the array of elastic rings which are closer to an apex of the cup are more elastic than elastic rings of the array of elastic rings which are farther from the apex;
a first expandable chamber in a first portion of the cup, wherein the first portion is on a first side of a plane intersecting the cup;
a second expandable chamber in a second portion of the cup, wherein the second portion is on a second side of the plane intersecting the cup;
a plurality of light emitters in the first portion of the cup; and
a plurality of light receivers in the second portion of the cup;
wherein the device has a first configuration in which the first expandable chamber has a first size and the second expandable chamber has a second size, wherein the device has a second configuration in which the first expandable chamber has a third size and the second expandable chamber has a fourth size, wherein the third size is greater than the first size, wherein the fourth size is greater than the second size, wherein there is a first average distance between the plurality of light emitters and the plurality of light receivers in the first configuration, wherein there is a second average distance between the plurality of light emitters and the plurality of light receivers in the second configuration, wherein the second average distance is less than the first average distance, wherein the cup is configured to compress a portion of the breast in the second configuration, wherein the plurality of light emitters are configured to transmit light through a portion of the breast, and wherein the plurality of light receivers are configured to receive light that has passed through a portion of the breast, and wherein analysis of light received by the light receivers is used to analyze breast tissue.
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application
62879485
· Jul 28, 2019
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