Patent ID: 8085144
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: A61B,A62B

Abstract:
1. A system for identifying, monitoring and evaluating environmental and physiological conditions comprising: a control unit stored within a housing, the control unit operable to communicate signals associated with environmental and physiological conditions; an environmental sensor communicatively coupled to the control unit, the environmental sensor operable to be positioned within an ambient environment and configured to sample the ambient environment at a first rate if an ambient condition is less than a first threshold and to sample at a second rate if the ambient condition is greater than the first threshold, the first rate less than the second rate; a physiological sensor communicatively coupled to the control unit, the physiological sensor operable to detect at least one physiological condition of a person wearing the system; and an indicator operable to provide an indication to the person representing at least one hazardous or potentially hazardous condition, the indicator further including an optical transmission channel to provide the indication to at least one other person.