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Systems and methods of determining locations of medical devices relative to wearable devices

US9897459B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 2015
Grant dateFeb 20, 2018
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01C21/206
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

According to some aspects, a wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a memory, one or more antennas, one or more processors coupled with the memory and the one or more antennas, a location manager component executable by the one or more processors and configured to determine a location of the wearable device, and a direction manager component executable by the one or more processors. The direction manager component may be configured to receive, via the one or more antennas, information descriptive of a location of the medical device, determine a path between the location of the wearable device and the location of the medical device, and provide information descriptive of the path.

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