Enhanced Modular Garment for Wearable Medical Devices

Publication ID: 24-11857329_0006_PTD

Published: November 07, 2025

Category:Direct Improvements & Enhancements

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Enhanced Modular Garment for Wearable Medical Devices,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11857329_0006_PTD, Published November 07, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11857329_0006_PTD

This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,857,329.

Summary of the Inventive Concept

An improved wearable medical device system featuring a modular garment with advanced ergonomic design, adaptive signal quality, and optimized fit, ensuring enhanced user comfort, improved treatment efficacy, and seamless integration of new technologies.

Background and Problem Solved

The original patent, 'Modular garment for a wearable medical device,' introduced a wearable medical device system with a modular garment. However, the original design had limitations in terms of user comfort, adaptability to changing patient physiology, and upgradability. The new inventive concept addresses these limitations by incorporating improved ergonomic features, adaptive signal quality, and optimized fit, thereby enhancing the overall user experience and treatment outcomes.

Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept

The enhanced modular garment features advanced ergonomic design elements, such as adjustable compression forces and customizable straps, to accommodate varying body types and sizes. The wearable portions are configured to adapt to changes in patient physiology over time, ensuring optimal signal quality and treatment efficacy. Additionally, the system incorporates machine learning algorithms to analyze user feedback and adjust the device's compression forces in real-time, providing an optimized fit. The wearable defibrillator band is equipped with integrated sensors for monitoring patient activity levels, adjusting its treatment parameters accordingly. The modular design enables seamless integration of new technologies and features, ensuring the system remains up-to-date and effective.

Novelty and Inventive Step

The new inventive concept introduces significant improvements over the original patent, including advanced ergonomic design, adaptive signal quality, and optimized fit. These enhancements provide a non-obvious solution to the limitations of the original design, resulting in a more effective, efficient, and user-friendly wearable medical device system.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Alternative embodiments of the inventive concept could include wearable medical devices with interchangeable sensors, adjustable compression forces, or customizable straps. Variations of the system could incorporate different materials, such as breathable fabrics or conductive textiles, to enhance user comfort and signal quality.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

The enhanced modular garment for wearable medical devices has significant commercial potential in the healthcare industry, particularly in the areas of cardiac monitoring and treatment. The system's improved ergonomic design, adaptive signal quality, and optimized fit make it an attractive solution for patients and healthcare providers, offering enhanced user comfort, improved treatment outcomes, and reduced healthcare costs.

Section 103 Obviousness Analysis (PHOSITA)

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Field of Art

Wearable medical device systems, specifically cardiac monitoring and treatment technologies, requiring expertise in biomedical engineering, electronic sensor design, and ergonomic garment engineering

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A biomedical engineer with advanced degree, experienced in medical device design, familiar with electronic sensing technologies, compression garment mechanics, and adaptive medical monitoring systems

Obviousness Rationale

A person of ordinary skill would recognize that the PTD's variations represent predictable extensions of the source patent's modular wearable medical device concept. The proposed enhancements in ergonomic design, adaptive signal processing, and machine learning integration are logical progressions of existing medical device technologies. These modifications would be considered routine optimization techniques within the standard problem-solving approach of medical device engineering.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element

Elongated strap configured to encircle patient's thoracic region

PTD Variation

Adjustable compression forces and customizable straps to accommodate varying body types

Obviousness Reasoning

Adapting strap design for different body types represents a predictable design variation using known ergonomic engineering techniques

Source Patent Element

ECG acquisition circuit for sensing patient signals

PTD Variation

Machine learning algorithms to analyze user feedback and dynamically adjust device parameters

Obviousness Reasoning

Implementing adaptive signal processing through machine learning is a known technique for improving medical device performance and represents an obvious technological progression

Source Patent Element

Cardiac monitoring system with multiple wearable portions

PTD Variation

Interchangeable wearable portions with integrated activity monitoring sensors

Obviousness Reasoning

Integrating additional sensing capabilities into modular medical device systems is a predictable enhancement using standard sensor integration techniques

Source Patent Element

Wearable device for cardiac event monitoring

PTD Variation

Real-time treatment parameter adjustment based on patient activity levels

Obviousness Reasoning

Dynamic treatment parameter modification represents a standard approach to personalized medical device optimization, achievable through known sensor and control system design methods

35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on the teachings of US Patent 11857329, the present published technical disclosure demonstrates that the claimed variations in wearable medical device design would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art at the time of invention. The proposed modifications represent predictable technological extensions utilizing standard engineering techniques, and therefore fail to meet the non-obviousness requirements of patentability under 35 U.S.C. Section 103.

Original Patent Information

Patent Number	US 11,857,329
Title	Modular garment for a wearable medical device
Assignee(s)	ZOLL Medical Corporation