Patent · US Active

Wearable device with overlapping ends coupled by magnets positioned in the wearable device by an undercut

US9427160B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by
64References
23Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 25, 2013
Grant dateAug 30, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 25, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/747
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A wearable device includes a wearable device structure. The wearable device has a first end and a second end each with a plurality of magnets. The first and second ends are coupled by overlapping of at least a portion of the first end magnets to at least a portion of the second end magnets. The wearable device structure includes an undercut structure for receiving at least a portion of the magnets. ID circuitry is provided at a surface or an interior of the wearable device.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.