Method for determining a state of over-heating or a risk of over-heating of a subject
AssigneeWell Being Digital Limited
InventorMing Yip Wallace WONG
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Abstract
A device to be inserted into the ear canal having at least two thermistors for observing a temperature gradient in the ear canal of a user. Changes in the temperature gradient are monitored for determining the risk of the user in facing an imminent heat stroke. The device includes a plug suitable for restricting air flow through the opening of the ear canal, a first temperature monitor arranged to measure the temperature of air restricted in the ear canal at a first location in the ear canal, and a second temperature monitor arranged to measure the temperature of air restricted in the ear canal at a second location in the ear canal. The second location being deeper in the ear canal than the first location.
Claims17
A method for determining a state of over-heating or a risk of over-heating of a subject, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining the temperature gradient of an ear canal of the subject;
- detecting a change in the temperature gradient;
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- determining a state of over-heating or risk of over-heating if the change in temperature gradient is beyond a pre-determined threshold level.
A device for observing temperature in an ear canal of a subject, comprising
- a plug suitable for restricting air flow through the opening of the ear canal;
- a first temperature monitor arranged to measure the temperature of air restricted in the ear canal at a first location in the ear canal;
- a second temperature monitor arranged to measure the temperature of air restricted in the ear canal at a second location in the ear canal;
- and
- the second location being deeper in the ear canal than the first location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.