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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2021
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ambuj Sharma, Woodbury, MN (US);
Claire R. Donoghue, Twyford, GB;
Stephen R. Gamble, Bishop Aukland, GB;
Andrew W. Long, Woodbury, MN (US);
Christine L. McCool, St. Paul, MN (US);
Caitlin E. Meree, St. Paul, MN (US);
Henning T. Urban, Kuehlungsborn, DE;
Andrew S. Viner, St. Paul, MN (US);
Richard C. Webb, St. Paul, MN (US);
Caroline M. Ylitalo, Stillwater, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for determining personal protective equipment (PPE) comfort for an individual wearer includes defining a first anatomical shape data representative of an anatomical area of the individual wearer prior to donning a PPE, a second anatomical shape data representative of the anatomical area of the individual wearer after donning the PPE, and comparing the first anatomical shape data with the second anatomical shape data. The method further includes determining a soft skin tissue deformation at a plurality of predetermined anatomical positions based on the comparison between the first anatomical shape data and the second anatomical shape data, and determining a displacement comfort threshold (CTd) value based on the soft skin tissue deformation. The method also includes determining a pressure pain threshold (PPT) value, and determining a comfort metric based on the PPT values and the CTd values. The method also includes generating a notification corresponding to the comfort metric.