Raytheon Company

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tadd Bernard Hughes

Robert Samuel Langer

Carlo Giovanni Traverso

Albert Joseph Swiston

Kerry Alexander Johnson

Protective garments and face masks are provided that include a body portion having a plurality of exterior pleats configured to elongate in a first direction. The body portion further has an outer surface and an inner surface. The body portion further has an inner portion with a plurality of interior pleats connected between an upper edge of the body portion and a sealing surface. The inner portion is configured to elongate in a second direction at an acute angle from the first direction. In certain implementations, the sealing surface simultaneously contacts a nose and cheeks of a wearer in response to the elongation in the second direction.

Augmented face mask

Sterilization assemblies and self-sterilizing systems using the same include a support housing, a plurality of light-emitting diodes coupled to the support housing to selectively emit UV radiation to sterilize contaminants on a door handle, and a controller coupled to a power source and being configured to operate the plurality of light-emitting diodes by selectively providing power to the plurality of light-emitting diodes based on motion detection within a proximity of the door handle.

Door handle disinfection system

Reliable, real-time heart and respiratory rates are key vital signs used in evaluating the physiological status in many clinical and non-clinical settings. Measuring these vital signs generally requires superficial attachment of physically or logistically obtrusive sensors to subjects that may result in skin irritation or adversely influence subject performance. Given the broad acceptance of ingestible electronics, the approach disclosed here enables vital sign monitoring internally from the gastrointestinal tract. The large animal (porcine) experiments and a robust processing disclosed herein demonstrate the feasibility of this approach. Implementing vital sign monitoring as a stand-alone technology or in conjunction with other ingestible devices has the capacity to significantly aid telemedicine, optimize performance monitoring of athletes, military service members, and first-responders, as well as provide a facile method for rapid clinical evaluation and triage.

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