US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES on Aug. 19 for "Wearable device for monitoring bodily fluids" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,130, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Wearable device for monitoring bodily fluids" was invented by Bruce B. Doris (Hartsdale, N.Y.) and Sufi Zafar (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable monitoring system includes a first flexible substrate encapsulating a current ramping system to provide a current to an electrode in direct contact with a predetermined location of skin of a user to promote bodily fluid secretion, and a second flexible substrate placed over the predetermined location, the second flexible substrate having an integrated electrochemical ...