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US 11,635,198 B2Granted
Head wearable devices and methods
AssigneeIntegra LifeSciences Corporation
InventorsFrank Thomas Poggio, Jaime Luis Prats
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Abstract
A head wearable device includes a headband, a housing attached to the headband, a luminaire, a duct system connecting the luminaire to the housing, a ball joint movably connecting the duct system to the luminaire, and an air moving device, which is adjacent to an exhaust of the housing and is configured to induce an air flow through an inlet in the luminaire through the ball joint, through the duct system, and out of the exhaust of the housing attached to the headband.
Claims20
A head wearable device comprising:
- a headband;
- a housing attached to the headband;
- a luminaire;
- a duct system connecting the luminaire to the housing;
- a ball joint movably connecting the duct system to the luminaire;
- and
- an air moving device, which is adjacent to an exhaust of the housing and is configured to induce an air flow through an inlet in the luminaire through the ball joint, through the duct system, and out of the exhaust of the housing attached to the headband.
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A method of cooling a luminaire of a head wearable device, the method comprising:
- providing a headband;
- attaching a housing to the headband;
- providing a luminaire;
- connecting the luminaire to a duct system via a ball joint, by which the luminaire is movable relative to the duct system;
- connecting the duct system to the housing;
- providing an air moving device adjacent to an exhaust of the housing;
- and
- producing, using the air moving device, an air flow through an inlet in the luminaire, through the ball joint, through the duct system, and out of the exhaust of the housing;
- wherein the air flow cools the luminaire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.