公开(公告)号：US20190064750A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-28

申请号：US15757021

申请日：2016-08-29

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Steven T. AWISZUS ,  Michael BAHNERS ,  Robert BIALLUCH ,  Nadine E. BRUECKMANN ,  Frank T. HERFORT ,  Kiran S. KANUKURTHY ,  Markus Gunther Wilfried LIERSE ,  Eric C. LOBNER ,  Hugh Gerard Henry Tracey MURPHY ,  Michael H. STALDER

IPC: G04F13/00 ,  A42B3/04 ,  A61F9/06 ,  A61F11/14 ,  A41D13/00 ,  A62B9/00 ,  A62B35/00 ,  A62B18/08 ,  A43B7/32 ,  A43B3/00

Abstract: The present disclosure includes an article of PPE. The device includes a first sensor that detects whether the article of PPE is being worn by a user, a processing module and a communications module. The processing module includes a clock that measures the length of time that the article of PPE is being worn by the user, and memory for storage of usage data, wherein usage data includes the length of time the article of PPE has been worn by the user. The communications module is for wirelessly transmitting stored usage data to a device separate from the article of PPE.