MASK HAVING INTEGRATED PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION SENSORS

• US 20140005497A1
• Filed: 06/18/2013
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Larsen, Christopher Scott
• Granted Patent: US 10,219,743 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/20 Workers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/043 in a linear array
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/164 the sensor is mounted in or on a conformable substrate or carrier
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/06 Respiratory or anaesthetic masks
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/0216 Materials providing elastic properties, e.g. for facilitating deformation and avoid breaking
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/06 Heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/42 Rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/50 Temperature

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a human wearable mask includes a skirt for directly contacting a forehead of a human wearer, a patch with sensors on the skirt to obtain and provide temperature data from the forehead of the human wearer.

Claims

1. A human wearable mask comprising:

a skirt for directly contacting a forehead of a human wearer; and

a sensor on the skirt to obtain and provide temperature data from the forehead of the human wearer.

2. The mask of claim 1 and further comprising a transmitter communicatively coupled to the sensors to wirelessly transmit the sensed data.

3. The mask of claim 1 wherein the mask is a full face respirator.

4. The mask of claim 1 wherein the mask is a self-contained breathing apparatus mask.

5. The mask of claim 1 wherein the sensor further comprise a respiration rate sensor.

6. The mask of claim 1 wherein the sensor further comprise a moisture sensor to sense presence of sweat.

7. The mask of claim 1 wherein the sensor further comprise a pulse rate sensor.

8. The mask of claim 1 wherein the skirt is formed of silicone, and the sensor is formed on a flexible circuit patch positioned about the forehead of the human wearer.

9. The mask of claim 8 wherein the sensor comprises multiple thermistors aligned in a row such that a thermistor is positioned proximate a temporal artery of the human wearer to measure a temperature representative of the body core temperature of the human wearer.

10. The mask of claim 1 and further comprising processing circuitry to determine a condition of a wearer as a function of the sensed data.

11. The mask of claim 10 and further comprising means for alerting the wearer of the condition of the wearer.

12. The mask of claim 10 and further comprising a display to alert the wearer of the condition of the wearer.

13. A method comprising:

measuring physiological conditions of a wearer of a mask via sensors on a skirt of the mask proximate a forehead of the wearer; and

providing data representative of the measured physiological conditions of the wearer to circuitry to determine the condition of the wearer as a function of the provided data.

14. The mask of claim 13 wherein measuring the physiological conditions of the wearer further comprises measuring a core temperature of the wearer.

15. The mask of claim 13 wherein measuring the physiological conditions of the wearer further comprises measuring a respiration rate of the wearer.

16. The mask of claim 13 wherein measuring the physiological conditions of the wearer further comprises measuring moisture on the wearer.

17. The mask of claim 13 wherein measuring the physiological conditions of the wearer further comprises measuring a pulse rate of the wearer.

18. The mask of claim 13 wherein measuring the physiological conditions of the wearer further comprises measuring the physiological conditions of the wearer of the mask via sensors embedded in a flexible circuit patch fixed to the skirt of the mask proximate the forehead of the wearer.

19. A full face respirator comprising:

a frame;

a gas conduit supported by the frame;

a skirt coupled to the frame for directly contacting a forehead of a human wearer to provide a seal with a face and forehead; and

a thermistor supported and positioned on the skirt to obtain and provide temperature data from the forehead of the human wearer proximate a temporal artery of the human wearer.

20. The full face respirator of claim 19 and further comprising multiple thermistors supported on the skirt.