Heating device
AssigneeMDMI Ltd
InventorSaahil MEHTA
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Abstract
A heating device is provided comprising: a wearable layer conformable to a part of a user's body; a heat source attached to the wearable layer for applying heat to a region of a user's body; a blood flow sensor attached to the wearable layer configured to detect a parameter indicative of blood flow in or adjacent to the region of the user's body and generate a signal indicative thereof; and one or both of: (i) a processor in electrical communication with the blood flow sensor for determining the blood flow in or adjacent to the region of the user's body based upon the signal; or (ii) a transmitter for transmitting the signal to a remote device.
Claims21
A heating device comprising:
- a wearable layer conformable to a part of a user's body;
- a heat source attached to the wearable layer for applying heat to a region of a user's body;
- a blood flow sensor attached to the wearable layer configured to detect a parameter indicative of blood flow in or adjacent to the region of the user's body and generate a signal indicative thereof;
- and
- one or both of:
- (i) a processor in electrical communication with the blood flow sensor for determining the blood flow in or adjacent to the region of the user's body based upon the signal;
- or
- (ii) a transmitter for transmitting the signal to a remote device.
A system comprising:
- a heating device having:
- a wearable layer conformable to a part of a user's body;
- a heat source attached to the wearable layer for applying heat to a region of a user's body;
- a blood flow sensor attached to the wearable layer configured to detect a parameter indicative of blood flow in or adjacent to the region of the user's body and generate a signal indicative thereof;
- and
- one or both of:
- (i) a processor in electrical communication with the blood flow sensor for determining the blood flow in or adjacent to the region of the user's body based upon the signal;
- or
- (ii) a transmitter for transmitting the signal to a remote device wherein either:
- the processor (i);
- or
- a separate processor in communication with the sensor,
- is configured to compare the blood flow to a threshold value and generate a notification if the blood flow is less than the threshold value.
A method of heating a region of a user's body comprising the steps of:
- providing a heating device, the heating device comprising:
- a wearable layer conformable to a part of a user's body,
- a heat source attached to the wearable layer for applying heat to a region of a user's body,
- a blood flow sensor attached to the wearable layer configured to detect a parameter indicative of blood flow in or adjacent to the region of the user's body and generate a signal indicative thereof, and
- one or both of:
- (i) a processor in electrical communication with the blood flow sensor for determining the blood flow in or adjacent to the region of the user's body based upon the signal, or
- (ii) a transmitter for transmitting the signal to a remote device;
- placing the wearable layer on a user's body so that the heating device is in thermal contact with a user's body;
- activating the heat source to apply heat to a region of the user's body;
- and
- using the blood flow sensors to detect blood flow in the region of the user's body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.