System for monitoring health, wellness and fitness having a method and apparatus for improved measurement of heat flow

Means and methods for measuring heat flux between a living body and an ambient atmosphere and for generating information related thereto. Means include a heat pipe configuration comprising at least one heat conduit in thermal communication with a heat flux sensor and a surface of a living body. Meth...

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Hauptverfasser:	KASABACH CHRISTOPHER D, BOEHMKE SCOTT K, STIVORIC JOHN M, ZAREMSKY MARK, MOSS JOHN L, SICA VANESSA
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEASURING MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT MEASURING TEMPERATURE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PHYSICS SURGERY TESTING THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	Means and methods for measuring heat flux between a living body and an ambient atmosphere and for generating information related thereto. Means include a heat pipe configuration comprising at least one heat conduit in thermal communication with a heat flux sensor and a surface of a living body. Methods include employing such a heat pipe configuration. Heat pipe configuration may be used in a device included in a system for detecting, monitoring and reporting human physiological information.