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Vital signs monitoring using personal protective equipment

  • US 9,005,120 B2
  • Filed: 03/02/2009
  • Issued: 04/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vital signs monitoring system formed as an integral part of personal protective equipment for users, and configured to provide real-time vital signs data of a user, the vital signs monitoring system comprising:

  • a mouth guard configured to be worn over upper teeth in an oral cavity of a user to provide protection while leaving a roof of a user'"'"'s mouth uncovered, the mouth guard having a front and a top;

    a temperature sensor configured to provide temperature data representative of a sensed temperature, the temperature sensor mounted at the top of the front of the mouth guard in a position such that when the mouth guard is correctly worn by a user, the temperature sensor is automatically placed in contact with a mucosal membrane above a gum line and outside a breathing passageway, wherein the temperature sensor is protected from exposure to ambient air and moving breathing air;

    a flexible tether having a first end attached to the front of the mouth guard, a second end configured for attachment to another equipment located outside a user'"'"'s mouth, and a tether length between the first end and the second end, the tether length extending from the first end outside a user'"'"'s mouth; and

    a controller module forming a part of the length of the tether at a position outside a user'"'"'s mouth, the controller module comprising a power source, a processor, and a transmitter, the processor configured to receive the sensed temperature data from the temperature sensor and to control the transmitter to wirelessly transmit the received temperature data to a remote location.

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