Patent ID: 8534912

Claim:
An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one measured variable of an object, comprising: at least one measuring unit; and at least one securement unit for holding said at least one measuring unit in contact with the object; wherein: said at least one securement unit is embodied essentially in the form of an elongated strip; said at least one securement unit has at least two stable, shape states wherein each shape states characterized by a different or another curvature; said at least one securement unit has at least two imaginary axes, which are oriented essentially perpendicularly relative to one another; wherein one of the imaginary axes is the longitudinal axis along which the at least one securement unit has its greatest extent, and said at least one securement unit has in the at least two stable shape states, at least along one of said at least two imaginary axes, in each of the at least two stable shape states, different or another curvature.