US 12,329,679 B2
Apparatus with sensor feedback
Thomas Bruckmann, Hilden (DE); Yvonne I. Lund, Roberts, WI (US); Michael W. T. Mansholt, Cologne (DE); Henning Reuter, Willich (DE); and Jonathan V. Sry, St. Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/250,716
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/057583
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/058802, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,682, filed on Sep. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0322206 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)
CPC A61F 7/0097 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0008 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2562/227 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0052 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0055 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0094 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing pressurized, thermally conditioned air, the system comprising:
an apparatus, comprising;
a casing;
a housing in the casing describing an airflow pathway with an air diffusing outlet proximate to an outlet opening for providing a stream of pressurized air through the outlet opening;
a convective module disposed in a portion of the housing and the outlet opening via the airflow pathway;
a first sensor input port adjacent to a portion of the casing and configured to receive a signal indicative of a first physiological indicator;
a first sensor output port adjacent to a portion of the casing and configured to transmit the signal indicative of the first physiological indicator;
a controller communicatively coupled to the first sensor input port, the first sensor output port, and the convective module, the controller comprising:
an authentication circuit;
one or more computer processors; and
a memory comprising instructions that when executed by the one or more computer processors cause the one or more computer processors to:
evaluate a compatibility of the first sensor output port and the first sensor input port via the authentication circuit;
evaluate a transmission rate of the first physiological indicator to the first sensor input port during a time period associated with at least the first physiological indicator;
transmit the first physiological indicator via the first sensor output port;
determine a first physiological indicator value from the first sensor input port; and
perform at least one operation in response to the determination of the first physiological indicator value; and
a core body temperature sensor coupled with the apparatus, wherein the first physiological indicator comprises a core body temperature.