WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH DISPOSABLE AND REUSABLE COMPONENTS

Abstract Using a wearable device with a first disposable component including an adhesive patient engagement substrate and an electrode on a bottom side and a reusable component with a plurality of sealed housings mechanically and electrically coupled to the disposable component. Each of the plurality of housings contains one or more of a capacitor, batteries, or a controller. The method includes adhering the wearable device to a skin surface portion of a patient for a first time period; monitoring patient ECG signals with the controller and the electrode during the first time period; removing the wearable device from the skin surface portion of the patient at the end of the first time period; mechanically and electrically disconnecting the disposable component from the reusable component; mechanically and electrically connecting to the reusable component a second disposable component comprising a patient engagement substrate comprising adhesive and electrodes on a bottom side; applying the second disposable component to a skin portion of the patient; and monitoring patient ECG signals using the controller and the electrode of the second disposable component. WO 2020/077113 PCT/US2019/055678 FIG.l1B FIG.I1C