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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Edwin Gerardus Johannus Maria Bongers, Thorn, NL;
Louis Nicolas Atallah, Boston, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention describes a passive heat-flow sensor () comprising a contact face () for placement on a subject () during a temperature monitoring procedure; and a plurality of combined thermistor arrangements, wherein a combined thermistor arrangement comprises an inner thermistor (S) arranged at an inner face of the sensor (); an upper thermistor (S) arranged at the upper surface of the sensor () and arranged relative to the inner thermistor (S) to measure a vertical heat flow outward from the subject (); and a lateral thermistor (S) arranged relative to the inner thermistor (S) to measure a horizontal heat flow along the contact face (). The invention further describes a method of measuring the temperature of a subject () using a heat-flow sensor (); and a temperature sensing arrangement () for monitoring the temperature of a subject () using a heat-flow sensor ().