Occupational safety product with contactless measuring electrodes

• US 20060122478A1
• Filed: 09/20/2005
• Published: 06/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Draeger Safety Incorporated (Dragerwerk AG)
• Original Assignee: Draeger Safety Incorporated (Dragerwerk AG)
• Inventors: Sattler, Frank, Sliepen, Robert
• Application Number:
  US11/231,116
• Publication Number:
  US 20060122478A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/383
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1281 with incorporated means for medical monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/282 Holders for multiple electrodes for introduction into the body A61B5/287
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6805 Vests
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 9/006 Indicators or warning devices, e.g. of low pressure, contamination

Abstract

An occupational safety product and system has at least one contactless, especially capacitive measuring electrode (2) for detecting physiological parameters of the user of the occupational safety product makes possible the rapid and reliable adaptation of the electrodes at a defined distance from the skin surface. The measuring electrodes (2) are integrated for this, for example, directly in the rubber parts of the mask body of the breathing mask (1) or in the strap (3) of the mask. A reference electrode (33) and two contactless measuring electrodes (2) are connected to an evaluating unit (40) for ECG signals via electric lines (50).

Claims

1. An occupational safety product, comprising:

an occupational safety product part; and

at one said contactless measuring electrode for detecting physiological parameters of the user of the occupational safety product, said at one said contactless measuring electrode being connected to said occupational safety product part.

2. An occupational safety product in accordance with claim 1, wherein the occupational safety product is a breathing mask and the an occupational safety product part is a mask body or the strap of the mask and said at least one contactless measuring electrode is incorporated in the mask body or in the strap of the mask.

3. An occupational safety product in accordance with claim 1, wherein said occupational safety product is a respirator and the an occupational safety product part is a respirator part, the carrying device of the respirator or a carrying belt of the respirator and said at least one contactless measuring electrode is incorporated in the respirator part, in the carrying device of the respirator or in the carrying belt of the respirator.

4. An occupational safety product in accordance with claim 1, wherein said occupational safety product is protective clothes of the user and said at least one contactless measuring electrode is incorporated in the protective clothes.

5. An occupational safety product in accordance with claim 1, wherein said at least one contactless measuring electrode is an electrode capacitively detecting the electric voltage potential of the user of the respirator product.

6. An occupational safety product in accordance with claim 1, further comprising an additional electrode wherein said at least one measuring electrode is used, together with said additional electrode, to record an electrocardiogram and/or to detect the heart rate of the user of the occupational safety product.

7. An occupational safety product in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a reference electrode associated with the occupational safety product in direct contact with the skin of the user of the occupational safety product.

8. An occupational safety product in accordance with claim 7, further comprising an evaluating unit wherein said at least one measuring electrode and/or said reference electrode is connected to said evaluating unit for the measured signals of the electrodes, said evaluating unit being worn by the user of the occupational safety product.

9. An occupational safety product in accordance with claim 8, wherein said evaluating unit is connected to a mission command center for data transfer in a wireless manner.

10. An occupational safety product system, comprising:

an occupational safety product part worn by a user of the occupational safety product; and

a contactless measuring electrode supported by said occupational safety product part for contactless measurement of physiological parameters of the user of the occupational safety product.

11. A safety product system in accordance with claim 10, wherein the occupational safety product part comprises one of a breathing mask body or a mask strap and said contactless measuring electrode is incorporated in material forming said mask body or said strap.

12. An occupational safety product in accordance with claim 10, wherein said occupational safety product part is a respirator part, a carrying device of the respirator or a carrying belt of the respirator and said contactless measuring electrode is incorporated in the material forming the respirator part, in the carrying device of the respirator or in the carrying belt of the respirator.

13. A safety product system in accordance with claim 10, wherein said occupational safety product part is an article of protective clothes and said contactless measuring electrode is incorporated in said article of protective clothes.

14. A safety product system in accordance with claim 10, wherein said contactless measuring electrode is an electrode capacitively detecting the electric voltage potential of the user of the respirator product.

15. A safety product system in accordance with claim 10, further comprising an additional electrode wherein said at least one measuring electrode is used, together with said additional electrode, to record an electrocardiogram and/or to detect the heart rate of the user of the occupational safety product.

16. A safety product system in accordance with claim 15, further comprising a reference electrode associated with the occupational safety product in direct contact with the skin of the user of the occupational safety product.

17. A safety product system in accordance with claim 16, further comprising an evaluating unit wherein said at least one measuring electrode and/or said reference electrode is connected to said evaluating unit for the measured signals of the electrodes, said evaluating unit being worn by the user of the occupational safety product.

18. A safety product system in accordance with claim 17, wherein said evaluating unit is connected to a mission command center for data transfer in a wireless manner.