# US 2024/0201022 A1 · Temperature detector for a heat sensitive material > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201022 A1 - Document ID: US20240201022A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/286,406 - Filed: 2022-11-16 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-17 - Assignees: Caretech Services Pty Ltd - Applicants: Caretech Services Pty Ltd - Inventors: David WEARNE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201022A1 ## CPC - G01K 3/005: {Circuits arrangements for indicating a predetermined temperature (fire detection G08B17/00)} - G01K 11/00: Measuring temperature based upon physical or chemical changes not covered by groups G01K3/00, G01K5/00, G01K7/00 or G01K9/00 - A61M 5/44: having means for cooling or heating the devices or media - G01K 1/024: for remote indication - G01N 25/18: by investigating thermal conductivity (by calorimetry G01N25/20; by measuring change of resistance of an electrically-heated body G01N27/18) - A61J 1/18: Arrangements for indicating condition of container contents, e.g. sterile condition - B82Y 30/00: Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites - G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE - B82Y: SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES ## Abstract A temperature detector for a heat sensitive product includes a carbon or silicon containing material having a heat transfer property variable with temperature, the carbon or silicon containing material being located proximate to a heat sensitive material; a sensor for measuring the heat transfer property of the carbon or silicon containing material; and a signal generator that provides a signal reflective of the heat transfer property of the carbon or silicon containing material as measured by the sensor and a temperature indication for the heat sensitive product. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cold chain monitor comprising: a carbon or silicon containing material having a heat transfer property variable with temperature, the carbon or silicon containing material being located proximate to a heat sensitive material to be maintained in a determined temperature range; a sensor for measuring the heat transfer property of the carbon or silicon containing material; and a signal generator that provides a signal reflective of the heat transfer property of the carbon or silicon containing material as measured by the sensor and an electronic indication for indicating when the temperature of the heat sensitive product falls outside the determined temperature range. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cold chain monitor of claim 1, wherein the heat transfer property is thermal conductivity or thermal conductance. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cold chain monitor of claim 2, wherein the material is a carbon containing material being a member of a fullerene family of molecules. ### Claim 4 (canceled) ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The cold chain monitor of claim 3, wherein the member of the fullerene family of molecules is selected from an endohedral fullerene selected from the group consisting of C20, C60 and C70 fullerenes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The cold chain monitor of claim 5, wherein a mixture of fullerenes is contained within the carbon containing material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cold chain monitor of claim 6, wherein the mixture of fullerenes includes C60 and C70 fullerenes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The cold chain monitor of claim 5, wherein the endohedral fullerene is supported on a solid substrate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The cold chain monitor of claim 1, wherein the silicon containing material is a silica wafer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The cold chain monitor of claim 2, wherein the heat sensitive material includes a vaccine or other medicament requiring to be stored and/or transported within the determined temperature range. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The cold chain monitor of claim 10, configured to send a signal reflective of whether temperature of the heat sensitive material is within the determined temperature range. ### Claim 12 (canceled) ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The cold chain monitor of claim 7, wherein the carbon containing material is also used as a tracking indicator for the heat sensitive material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The cold chain monitor of claim 7, wherein the heat sensitive material is a therapeutic item included within a portable therapeutic platform comprising: at least one therapeutic item required to conduct a therapeutic procedure; and an electronic communications device for receiving and transmitting information about an environment surrounding and including the platform. ### Claim 15 A system for managing use of a portable therapeutic platform for a therapeutic procedure comprising the steps of: providing at least one platform comprising at least one heat sensitive therapeutic item required to conduct the therapeutic procedure and an electronic communications device for receiving and transmitting information about an environment surrounding and including the platform; transferring information, including temperature information, about the environment surrounding and including at least one platform between the electronic communications device and a computer system including a processor which processes the information; and initiating a control response to the processed information, wherein a heat sensitive material is to be maintained in a determined temperature range and a temperature of the heat sensitive therapeutic item is detected by a temperature detector for a heat sensitive product comprising: a carbon or silicon containing material having a heat transfer property variable with temperature, the carbon or silicon containing material being located proximate to the heat sensitive therapeutic item; a sensor for measuring the heat transfer property of the carbon or silicon containing material; and a signal generator that provides a signal reflective of the measured heat transfer property of the carbon or silicon containing material as measured by the sensor and an electronic temperature indication for indicating when the heat sensitive therapeutic item falls outside the determined temperature range. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the platform comprises a therapeutic pack. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the information about the environment, including temperature data is transferred directly or through an interface including an app. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the system enables tracking using a tracking indicator in a form of a member of an endohedral fullerene family of molecules. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the endohedral fullerene is in a form of an atomic clock. ### Claim 20 (canceled) ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the member of the endohedral fullerene family is selected from the group consisting of C20, C60 and C70 fullerenes. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein the carbon containing material contains a mixture of fullerenes. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The system of claim 22, wherein the mixture of fullerenes includes C60 and C70 fullerenes. ### Claim 24 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the information is processed by the processor and used to build a virtual or remote stockpile of therapeutic items. ### Claim 25 (canceled) ### Claim 26 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, comprising monitoring of cold chain performance of vaccines and medicaments. ### Claim 27 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, comprising monitoring of temperature of a food or beverage during transport. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The system of claim 27, wherein the food is olive oil and temperature information is used to control heating or cooling of olive oil to a predetermined temperature during transport.