Patent ID: 9110115
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A61B,G01D,G01N,G01R,G06T

Abstract:
1. A flexible capacitance sensor having multiple layers for communicating signals to a data acquisition system for reconstructing an image of an area or object located in a subject being sensed, comprised of: a flexible layer of capacitance plates; a flexible shielding ground layer next to the layer of capacitance plates; a flexible layer of signal traces next to the shielding ground layer, the layer of signal traces having plurality of trace lines; wherein the capacitance sensor is flexible and adapted to be wrapped around the subject being sensed; wherein the capacitance plates in the flexible layer of capacitance plates are individually addressable; wherein the sensor is adapted to communicate signals via the plurality of trace lines to the data acquisition system for providing an image of the area or object between the capacitance plates.