Portable respiration monitoring system positioned in the pathway of respiration and configured with a disassembleable sensor/electronic assembly with a disposable thermal sensor

Abstract

A portable respiration monitoring system usable wherever the respiratory monitoring is needed comprises a sensor/electronic assembly having disposable sensor components, non-disposable electronic components, and a positioning device for securing the sensor components in the respiration pathway of a subject. The positioning device is envisioned as a mask, nasal cannula, a nares clip, as hanging from eyeglasses, attached to the skin by an adhesive or magnetically in proximity to the nose or mouth, in a ET tube, in a tracheostomy tube, in a CPAP machine, in a Vapotherm/Fisher Panel device, etc. The disposable sensor and non-disposable electronic components are removably coupled with one another for a duration of the respiration monitoring, and de-coupled from one another when monitoring is completed, so that the disposable sensor components are disposed of, while the non-disposable electronic components may be re-used.

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