Movano Inc.
REMOVABLE SMARTPHONE CASE FOR RADIO WAVE BASED HEALTH MONITORING

Abstract:

A removable smartphone case is disclosed. The removable smartphone case includes a case body configured to receive a smartphone, a radio frequency (RF) front-end connected to the case body and including a semiconductor substrate, at least one transmit antenna configured to transmit radio waves below the skin surface of a person, and a two-dimensional array of receive antennas configured to receive radio waves, the received radio waves including a reflected portion of the transmitted radio waves, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes circuits configured to generate signals in response to the received radio waves, a digital baseband system configured to generate digital data in response to the signals, wherein the digital data is indicative of a health parameter of the person, and a communications interface configured to transmit the digital data generated by the semiconductor substrate from the removable smartphone case.