Granted Patent B2

US 12,721,539 · App. 19/002,583 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Inventor: Robert A. Connor (Wyoming, MN)

Assignee: Medibotics LLC

A61B5/0507A61B5/14532A61B5/14542A61B5/4875A61B5/681A61B2560/0462A61B2562/043A61B2562/046

Abstract

Claims (17)

1 . A biometric wearable device comprising:

an arcuate band which is configured to span at least part of the circumference of a body member;

a housing which is held on the body member by the arcuate band;

an energy emitter on the housing;

an energy receiver on the housing which is configured to receive energy from the energy emitter after that energy has passed through and/or been reflected from the body member, wherein a connector line is defined as a straight line between the energy emitter and the energy receiver; and;

a split ring resonator between the energy emitter and the energy receiver, wherein a resonant frequency of the resonator is changed by a change in a permittivity of tissue or fluid in the body member, wherein compass coordinates are defined around the resonator so that the connector line intersects 270-degree and the 90-degree compass coordinates, and wherein there is a gap in the resonator at a 360-degree compass coordinate.

2 . The device in claim 1 wherein the device is embodied as a smart watch, wrist band, arm band, or finger ring.

3 . The device in claim 1 wherein the body member is a wrist, arm, or finger.

4 . The device in claim 1 wherein data from the energy receiver is analyzed in order to measure a biometric parameter level selected from the group consisting of: oxygenation level, hydration level, or glucose level.

5 . The device in claim 1 wherein the energy emitter and/or the energy receiver comprises an antenna.

6 . The device in claim 1 wherein the energy emitter emits electromagnetic energy with a frequency in the radio wave range.

7 . The device in claim 1 wherein the energy emitter emits electromagnetic energy with a frequency in the microwave range.

8 . The device in claim 1 wherein the energy emitter emits electromagnetic energy which sweeps through a range of frequencies.

9 . The device in claim 1 wherein the energy emitter and the energy receiver are coplanar.

10 . The device in claim 1 wherein the energy emitter and the energy receiver are parallel.

11 . The device in claim 1 wherein the longitudinal axis of the energy emitter is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the energy receiver.

12 . The device in claim 1 wherein the device comprises an array, matrix, or series of antennae having different sizes, different shapes, different gaps, and/or different rotations.

Continuity (72)

References Cited (375)