Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Free-Standing Wireless Temperature Sensors
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorAndrew Giles
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Abstract
A control circuit wirelessly couples to at least one free-standing wireless temperature sensor that the control circuit employs to monitor a temperature corresponding to a patient and thereby provide monitored-temperature information that the control circuit then uses to control personal warming of the patient. By one approach the control circuit can also wirelessly couple to one or more non-free-standing wireless temperature sensors the control circuit can also use to provide additional monitored-temperature information regarding the patient, which additional monitored-temperature information the control circuit can further use when controlling personal warming of the patient.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- by a control circuit that wirelessly couples to at least one free-standing wireless temperature sensor:
- monitoring a temperature corresponding to a patient via the at least one free-standing wireless temperature sensor to provide monitored-temperature information;
- using the monitored-temperature information to control personal warming of the patient.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one free-standing wireless temperature sensor;
- a control circuit operably coupled to the at least one free-standing wireless temperature sensor and configured to:
- monitor a temperature corresponding to a patient via the at least one free-standing wireless temperature sensor to provide monitored-temperature information;
- use the monitored-temperature information to control personal warming of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.