MONITORING SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A device configured to be attached to and carried by a person, the device comprising:
- an attachable sensor module, to attach to or in the vicinity of a person'"'"'s face, the module having a respiratory sensing region comprising an air temperature sensor and a humidity sensor arranged such that, when the module is attached, airflow in and out of the person'"'"'s lungs flows over said respiratory sensing region;
a signal processing system, coupled to said sensor module, to process and combine signals from said temperature sensor and said humidity sensor to determine a respiration rate for said person;
a data output system, coupled to said signal processing system, to output data indicating said respiration rate.
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Abstract
We describe a medical device, in embodiments a battlefield triage device, configured to be attached to and carried by a person. The device comprises a sensor module to attach to a person'"'"'s face. The module having a respiratory sensing region comprising an air temperature sensor and a humidity sensor arranged such that, when the module is attached, airflow in and out of the person'"'"'s lungs flows over said respiratory sensing region. The device also includes a signal processing system, coupled to the sensor module, to process and combine signals from the temperature sensor and from the humidity sensor to determine a respiration rate for the person and a system to output data indicating the respiration rate. The sensor is arranged to attach to/over the person'"'"'s nose and/or mouth such that airflow in and out of the person'"'"'s lungs, in particular, via the nostrils flows over the respiratory sensing region.
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32 Claims
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1. A device configured to be attached to and carried by a person, the device comprising:
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an attachable sensor module, to attach to or in the vicinity of a person'"'"'s face, the module having a respiratory sensing region comprising an air temperature sensor and a humidity sensor arranged such that, when the module is attached, airflow in and out of the person'"'"'s lungs flows over said respiratory sensing region; a signal processing system, coupled to said sensor module, to process and combine signals from said temperature sensor and said humidity sensor to determine a respiration rate for said person; a data output system, coupled to said signal processing system, to output data indicating said respiration rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17)
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5. (canceled)
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20. A method of monitoring respiration rate of a person, the method comprising:
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attaching a sensor module in or adjacent to a nostril or mouth of said person such each of a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor is located in an airflow in and out of the person'"'"'s lungs via said nostril and/or mouth; and monitoring a respiration rate of said person using both said temperature and said humidity sensor; and determining said respiration rate from a combination of signals from said temperature sensor and said humidity sensor.
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23. A device configured to be attached to and carried by a person, the device comprising:
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a respiration rate sensor comprising an air temperature sensor and a humidity sensor; a signal processing system to process and combine signals from said temperature sensor and said humidity sensor to determine a respiration rate for said person; and a data output system, coupled to said signal processing system, to output data indicating said respiration rate for monitoring said person. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32)
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28. (canceled)
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30. (canceled)
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