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US 2026/0085984 A1Published application
Body-mountable temperature monitor accounting for ambient conditions
AssigneeVerily Life Sciences LLC
InventorsRoxana Heitz, William Biederman, Sean Frick
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Abstract
A method of monitoring an internal body temperature of a patient includes detecting a skin temperature of the patient using a temperature sensor in a body-mountable temperature monitor attached to the patient; calculating, using the temperature sensor, a heat flux associated with the body-mountable temperature monitor based on selectively activating a heater in the body-mountable temperature monitor; and determining the internal body temperature of the patient using the skin temperature and the heat flux.
Claims16
A body-mountable temperature monitor comprising:
- a substrate;
- a thermal conductor configured to make thermal contact with a skin of a user;
- a temperature sensor coupled to the thermal conductor and configured to measure temperature;
- a heating element;
- a processor coupled to the temperature sensor and the heating element;
- wherein the thermal conductor, the temperature sensor, the heating element, and the processor are coupled to the substrate;
- and
- an adhesive layer coupled to the substrate and configured to attach the body-mountable temperature monitor to the skin of the user;
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- selectively activate the heating element so that the heating element is in an active state and deactivate the heating element so that the heating element is in an inactive state;
- receive temperature measurements from the temperature sensor before and during a period when the heating element is in the active state and later during a period when the heating element is in the inactive state;
- and
- calculate an internal body temperature of the user based on a temperature measurement and a rate of change of temperature during either a period when the heating element is in the active state or the period when the heating element is in the inactive state or both.
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A method comprising:
- providing a body-mountable temperature monitor comprising:
- a substrate;
- a thermal conductor configured to make thermal contact with a skin of a user;
- a temperature sensor coupled to the thermal conductor and configured to measure temperature;
- a heating element;
- a processor coupled to the temperature sensor and the heating element;
- wherein the thermal conductor, the temperature sensor, the heating element, and the processor are coupled to the substrate;
- and
- an adhesive layer coupled to the substrate and configured to attach the body-mountable temperature monitor to the skin of the user;
- selectively activating the heating element so that the heating element is in an active state and deactivating the heating element so that the heating element is in an inactive state;
- receiving temperature measurements from the temperature sensor before and during a period when the heating element is in the active state and later during a period when the heating element is in the inactive state;
- and
- calculating an internal body temperature of the user based on a temperature measurement and a rate of change of temperature during either a period when the heating element is in the active state or the period when the heating element is in the inactive state or both.
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A body-mountable temperature monitor comprising:
- a substrate;
- a thermal conductor configured to make thermal contact with a skin of a user;
- a temperature sensor coupled to the thermal conductor and configured to measure temperature;
- a heating element;
- an adhesive layer coupled to the substrate and configured to attach the body-mountable temperature monitor to the skin of the user;
- a processor coupled to the temperature sensor and the heating element;
- wherein the thermal conductor, the temperature sensor, the heating element, and the processor are coupled to the substrate;
- and
- a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions for monitoring body temperature, the plurality of processor-executable instructions being executed by the processor to perform operations comprising:
- selectively activating the heating element so that the heating element is in an active state and deactivating the heating element so that the heating element is in an inactive state;
- receiving temperature measurements from the temperature sensor before and during a period when the heating element is in the active state and later during a period when the heating element is in the inactive state;
- and
- calculating an internal body temperature of the user based on a temperature measurement and a rate of change of temperature during either a period when the heating element is in the active state or the period when the heating element is in the inactive state or both.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.