Fever alert system

• US 9,835,496 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2014
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ann Balboni
• Original Assignee: Ann Balboni
• Inventors: Balboni, Ann
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Morgan, Jeffrey C
• Application Number:
  US14/243,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20140298859A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,343 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/024 for remote indication
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/20 Clinical contact thermometers for use with humans or animals

Abstract

An apparatus, a system and a method for monitoring and alerting a user caring for a patient when a change in body temperature requires immediate attention. The apparatus is a bracelet worn by the user. The system includes the bracelet in wireless communication with a temperature sensing device placed on the patient. The bracelet has a display operative for displaying the body temperature, an audible alarm that sounds and a vibration that occurs when the temperature exceeds a setpoint, and a plurality of lights, each with a unique setpoint, a light activated when the temperature exceeds the setpoint. The user attaches the temperature sensing device to the patient and dons the bracelet. The user can then sleep, selectively observing the display and lights upon waking with confidence that the system is monitoring the patient'"'"'s temperature and selectively alerting the user when a change in body temperature requires immediate attention.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring and alerting a user caring for a patient when a change in body temperature requires immediate attention, comprising:

a body temperature sensing device operative for wirelessly transmitting a signal communicating a body temperature when in place on a patient wherein the temperature sensing device is placed inside a patient'"'"'s ear, the device having an auricle clip for attaching to an ear external portion, the auricle clip having a child-resistant lock; and

a bracelet worn by a user, the bracelet having a controller operative for wirelessly receiving the signal from the body temperature sensing device, the controller monitoring change in temperature at preset intervals, calculating a derivative indicating a rate of change, the bracelet having a display in communication with the controller, the controller directing the display to show the temperature detected by the body temperature sensing device, the bracelet having a switch, the switch selectively illuminating the display, the switch a soft key button operative for changing a plurality of unique setpoints in the controller through the display, the bracelet having a plurality of lights in communication with the controller, each light associated with a unique setpoint in the controller, the controller selectively activating each light when the temperature detected by the body temperature sensing device is greater than its unique setpoint operative for communicating a body temperature of the patient to the user, the bracelet having an alarm in communication with the controller, the alarm associated with a unique setpoint in the controller, the controller selectively sounding the alarm, the alarm providing an audible alert when the temperature detected by the body temperature sensing device is greater than the unique setpoint or when the derivative exceeds a preset limit, the sounding of the alarm alerting the user, indicating that the patient has a body temperature requiring immediate attention, the bracelet further comprising an internal vibrator in communication with the controller, the vibrator associated with a unique setpoint in the controller, the controller selectively activating the vibrator when the temperature is greater than the unique setpoint, the vibrator vibrating the bracelet operative for alerting the user, the bracelet further comprising an interior conductive surface, the conductive surface in direct contact with the user'"'"'s skin, the conductive surface coupled to the controller, the controller selectively transmitting an electric current to the conductive surface when the temperature is greater than the unique setpoint in the controller, the conductive surface lightly shocking the skin operative for alerting the user.