Last week, Apple introduced possible future Apple Watch Bands with embedded micro-machined ultrasonic transducers (MUTs) to detect touch, gestures, physiological health signals, and transfer data between devices via ultrasonic waves. Today, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a second Apple engineering team working on an alternative Apple Watch band with embedded electrodes which .
Patently Apple first covered an Apple Watch patent about an "auto adjustment" band system in 2016. There was a lull on this focus until this year. In fact, Patently Apple posted a granted report on Tuesday titled "Apple has Won a Patent for a next-gen Continuous Watch Band using Highly Elastic Composites." In early January 2023 we covered another granted patent relating to an "adjustable fit" Apple Watch Band. Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that once again addresses the desire to provide future Apple Watch users with a superior band fitting experience. Apple also touches on a lock and unlock methodology.
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a series of health related patent applications from Apple. The first two patents (01 and 02) covered different aspects of future blood pressure devices that Apple has been working on for at least 5 or 6 years. In this third health related patent, Apple takes another angle by integrating or weaving, health sensors directly into an Apple Watch band, headband, garments and more.