Patent ID: 7800505

Claim:
A health monitoring device for continuously monitoring one or more indicators relating to a health or comfort of a person, said health monitoring device comprising: at least one sensing means for sensing a value of one or more indicators, wherein said indicators are selected from the group consisting of breathing, heartbeat, temperature, and humidity; a communicating means for communicating an alarm signal when said sensed value is above or below a predetermined value or range of values, wherein said health monitoring device includes a housing and a clip for attaching the housing to an item of clothing of the person and at least one of the sensing means is incorporated in the clip, said clip being located, in use, between the item of clothing and a skin of the person a temperature sensing and measuring means and which in use is positionable between the item of clothing and the skin of the person wearing said health monitoring device, and wherein said temperature sensing means continuously senses and measures temperature and activates said communicating means should the measured temperature be below or above a predetermined value or value range; and an additional temperature sensing and measuring means which is positionable exterior the item of clothing of the person wearing said health monitoring device, wherein said values measured by said two temperature sensors is compared continuously so as to calculate a rate of heat loss of the person wearing said health monitoring device, wherein when said rate of heat loss falls below or rises above a predetermined value or value range, said communicating means is activated.