Hydration insuring system comprising liquid-flow meter
OwnerCraig R. Perkinsinventor
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Abstract
A system for insuring proper human hydration comprises an oral-suction-activated flow meter (202) which measures and displays (292) the volume of fluid (255) withdrawn from a reservoir (258) through tubing (270). An optional check valve (280) prevents return flow of fluid (255) from the user's mouth (205) to the reservoir (258). Mode and control buttons (294) control operation of a microprocessor (300) and a display (292). Both alphanumeric (292) and graphical (730, 850) displays show the volume withdrawn as a function of time or other events. Drink reminder alarms are provided through a display (292) or loudspeaker (520) to alert the user when it is time for a drink to ensure proper hydration.
Claims19
A method of enabling the monitoring and controlling of either an individual's or an animal's proper hydration, comprising:
- providing a liquid consumption meter for indicating the cumulative quantity of liquid passing through said meter, said meter having proximal and distal open ends for discharging and receiving liquid, respectively,
- communicating said proximal open end with a user and said distal open end with a liquid in a liquid reservoir carried with said user,
- imbibing a quantity of said liquid at arbitrary times within a predetermined time period by said user from said proximal end of said consumption meter from said reservoir through said consumption meter so that said consumption meter indicates a cumulative value of said quantities of liquid consumed by said user, and
- monitoring said cumulative value of said liquid over said predetermined time period by said user so that proper hydration is insured.
A liquid-consumption device for enabling the monitoring and controlling of either an individual's or an animal's proper hydration comprising:
- a portable liquid reservoir for holding a quantity of liquid, said reservoir being carried by a user,
- a liquid consumption meter having a passage therethrough for indicating a quantity of liquid each time said liquid moves through said passage,
- said reservoir including means for transferring liquid from said reservoir via said passage in said meter into said user, such that the cumulative quantity of liquid imbibed by said user from said reservoir being indicated by said meter to thereby insure proper hydration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.