Patent ID: 9204806
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61B,G01K,G16H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for monitoring physiological status parameters, comprising: at least one ambient temperature sensor configured to continuously generate data indicative of a temperature in an area that is adjacent to skin at a preselected body location; and a processor in electronic communication with said at least one ambient temperature sensor, wherein said processor is adapted to receive at a least a portion of said data indicative of the temperature in the area, and utilize said received data to detect movement of said skin at the preselected body location, and wherein said at least one ambient temperature sensor is at least one of a worn device, and the apparatus further comprising an additional sensor in electronic communication with said processor, said additional sensor generating data indicative of at least one of a contextual parameter of said skin at the preselected body location and a physiological parameter of said skin at the preselected body location.