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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Edwin Gerardus Johannus Maria Bongers, Eindhoven, NL;
Antonius Hermanus Maria Blom, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention describes a single heat flux sensor arrangement () comprising a sensor () comprising a layer () of thermally insulating material, an inner temperature measurement means (S) arranged at an inner region of the insulating layer () and an outer temperature measurement means (S) arranged at an outer region of the insulating layer (); an evaluation unit () adapted to receive a temperature input from the innertemperature measurement means (S) and to receive a temperature input from the outer temperature measurement means (S); and a heating means (, S) realized to deliberately raise the temperature of a region of the insulating layer (). The invention further describes a non-invasive method of measuring a core body temperature (T) of a subject ().