Patent ID: 8538503

Claim:
An electronic device for long-term adhesion to a mammal, the device comprising: a housing; a physiologic data collection circuit contained in the housing; multiple wings extending laterally from the housing without overlapping, wherein each wing includes a hinge portion adjacent the housing; an electrode integral with a bottom surface of each of the wings so as to be inseparable from the wings during use of the device, the electrodes electrically connected to the physiologic data collection circuit; a first adhesive layer on the bottom surfaces of the wings and not on a bottom surface of the housing, wherein the first adhesive layer provides adhesion to the skin of the mammal, and wherein the housing is attached to the mammal's skin only via the first adhesive layer and is not directly attached to the skin of the mammal when the electrodes are in contact with the mammal; and a second adhesive layer functioning as an adhesion guard protecting the first adhesive layer.