Patent ID: 11903686
Assignee: TULA HEALTH INC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
attaching a measurement device to a wearable band that is wearable by a subject such that the measurement device is moveable on the wearable band, wherein the measurement device comprises:
a housing formed in a shape that is complementary to a shape of a width of the wearable band, the housing comprising a chamber enclosed within the housing;
an opening through an outermost wall of the housing;
a processing device disposed within the chamber;
an elastic coupling member configured as a conductor, wherein the elastic coupling member is disposed within the chamber and aligned with the opening;
a sensor coupled to the elastic coupling member, electronically coupled to the processing device via the elastic coupling member, wherein: the elastic coupling member is configured to tilt in response to a change in an alignment between the wearable band and skin of the subject; and the sensor is configured to take a measurement of a physiological characteristic of the subject, wherein a force exerted by the elastic coupling member on the sensor is in a direction through the opening and away from the housing;
a first communication device disposed within the chamber and coupled to the processing device or the sensor, wherein the processing device is configured to communicate, using the first communication device, the measurement of a physiological characteristic of the subject to a second communication device of a user device that is coupled to the wearable band or the second communication device of a user device that is external to the wearable band, wherein the user device comprises a user interface configured to communicate the measurement to the subject; and
an attachment mechanism configured to attach the housing to the wearable band,
wherein as the subject wears the wearable band as the housing is attached to the wearable band, the sensor or the opening is adjacent to the skin of the subject;

placing the wearable band on a body part of the subject such that the sensor is configured to press against the skin of the subject;
aligning the sensor with a muscular-walled tube within the body part; and
affixing the measurement device to the wearable band by the attachment mechanism when the sensor is aligned with the muscular-walled tube such that the sensor is retained in alignment with the muscular-walled tube by the wearable band.