FUNCTIONAL ADHESIVE BANDAGE WITH SENSOR AND ACTUATOR

• US 20130245546A1
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Hayn, Henning
• Application Number:
  US13/796,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20130245546A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/66
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0226 adhesive, self-sticking
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/00 Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body heating or cooling means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses A47C21/00 ; massage, therapeutic baths A61H; hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound A61N; electric heating elements H05B
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/02 Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/1723 using feedback of body parameters, e.g. blood-sugar, pressure measurement of body parameters A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/303 Constructional details electrodes for external use A61N1/0428
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0645 Applicators worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0661 ultraviolet
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0624 for eliminating microbes, germs, bacteria on or in the body

Abstract

A functional adhesive bandage includes an adhesive layer and a cover layer. A sensor for measuring a vital parameter, a control unit, an energy storage device, and an actuator are arranged between the adhesive layer and the cover layer. The control unit is configured to evaluate the vital parameter measured by the sensor. The control unit is further configured to regulate the actuator based on the evaluation.

Claims

1. A functional adhesive bandage, comprising:

an adhesive layer;

a cover layer;

a sensor configured to measure a vital parameter;

a control unit;

an energy storage device; and

an actuator;

wherein;

the sensor, the control unit, the energy storage device, and the actuator are arranged between the adhesive layer and the cover layer,

the control unit is configured to evaluate the vital parameter measured by the sensor, and

the control unit is configured to regulate the actuator based on the evaluation.

2. The functional adhesive bandage according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is an electromagnetic radiation source.

3. The functional adhesive bandage according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is a delivery unit for an active ingredient.

4. The functional adhesive bandage according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is at least one of a heating element and a cooling element.

5. The functional adhesive bandage according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is an electrode.

6. The functional adhesive bandage according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is one of a mechanical actuator, a pneumatic actuator and a hydraulic actuator.

7. The functional adhesive bandage according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is a converter of at least one of mechanical energy and thermal energy into electrical energy.

8. A method for regulating a vital parameter with a functional adhesive bandage, comprising:

prescribing an intended variable for the vital parameter;

measuring an actual variable for the vital parameter;

establishing a deviation of the actual variable from the intended variable; and

setting a control variable based on the deviation.