Invention Application
- Patent Title: DETECTING VASCULAR CONDITIONS IN ANIMAL BODIES
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Application No.: US15306048Application Date: 2014-07-30
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Publication No.: US20170127961A1Publication Date: 2017-05-11
- Inventor: Larry SCHMIDT , Satwant KAUR
- Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- International Application: PCT/US2014/048871 WO 20140730
- Main IPC: A61B5/024
- IPC: A61B5/024 ; A61B5/0285 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/021

Abstract:
Examples of 3D-printed sensing devices for detecting vascular conditions in an animal body are described. A 3D-printed sensing device may comprise a binding layer to attach the 3D-printed sensing device to a part of the animal body. A sensor layer is extruded atop the binding layer. The sensor layer comprises a piezoresistive transducer to generate an electrical signal based on a pulse detected in the part of the animal body. In an example, the electrical signal is a binary signal having a logical high value at an instant of occurrence of the pulse and is agnostic of a strength of the pulse. An amplification module in the sensor layer may amplify the electrical signal and provide the amplified signal to a transmitter unit of the 3D-printed sensing device to transmit the amplified signal to a monitoring device associated with the 3D-printed sensing device.
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