179 results about "Personal protective equipment" patented technology

Disclosed are an apparatus, system, and method of a visual sensor of a tactical gear to use facial recognition technology to identify a person of interest and to cause a responsive device on the tactical gear to notify a wearer. In one embodiment, a personal protective equipment includes a responsive device integrated in a tactical gear and a visual sensor. The visual sensor of the tactical gear identifies a target person using an identity artificial intelligence model. The responsive device notifies a wearer of the tactical gear when the visual sensor identifies the target person. Further, the responsive device notifies an additional person when the visual sensor identifies a threat to a protectee of the wearer and the additional person. The responsive device may vibrate when the visual sensor of the tactical gear detects an ambient threat to the protectee of the wearer.

The invention belongs to the technical field of personal protection equipment, and particularly relates to a lightweight cut-resistant four-dimensional structure fabric based on high-performance composite fibers and a preparation method of the lightweight cut-resistant four-dimensional structure fabric. The structure is based on a high-performance composite fiber material and a nano silicon carbide embedding technology of high-performance polyethylene fibers, the hardness bottleneck of a single material is broken through, and multi-fiber compatibility is improved through cooperation of polyurethane fiber surface activation and polyurethane fiber anti-melting modification. The gradient twist core sheath yarn is a high-performance composite yarn, and the strength and the flexibility are balanced. In the aspect of the oversleeve fabric structure, a three-dimensional protection system comprising a honeycomb structure, a silica gel liner and a skin-friendly inner layer is adopted, so that the integration of multiple functions of hydrophobicity, fusion resistance and buffering of a light-weight cut-resistant material is realized. Under the EN 388 standard, 5-level cutting prevention can be achieved, a single high-performance polyethylene fiber cutting prevention oversleeve can only reach 3-4 levels, the weight of the composite fiber material is reduced by 40% compared with that of a full aramid fiber oversleeve, the thickness is reduced by 25%, and the composite fiber material can be suitable for complex scenes such as petroleum and electric power.

The present invention relates of a biodegradable and hydrophobic polylactic acid (PLA) non-woven material and a process for manufacturing thereof, said PLA non-woven material comprising a non-woven fabric for personal protective equipment, and a non-woven fabric for the three layer surgical mask; said PLA non-woven material comprising a layer of nanofiber membrane and a layer of biodegradable spunbond fabric which could fulfil the international biodegradation standard EN13432. Said non-woven fabric for the PPE has at least 45N breaking force, at least 15% elongation, and having passed level 3 fluid resistance test according to AATCC 42 and AATCC 127.

A shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) for a personal protective equipment and a deformable element (10a, 10a′, 10a″) for such a shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″). The shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) comprises a deformable element; (10a, 10a′, 10a″) exhibiting a mechanical resistance against deformation and a flexible strap (16, 17) comprising a middle portion (16b) and two free end portions (16a) facing away from each other. The middle portion (16b) is tightly wrapped around the deformable element (10a, 10a′, 10a″) such that pulling the free end portions (16a) away from each other deforms the deformable element (10a, 10a′, 10a″). A protective helmet (100), a welding helmet (200), a face shield (400) or a respiratory device (300) comprising a hard shell (110, 210, 310, 410) and a shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) according to the present disclosure, wherein the hard shell (110, 210, 310, 410) of the protective helmet (100) comprises attachment means (130) for connecting the strap (16, 17) of the shock absorber assembly (10, 10′, 10″) to the hard shell (110, 210, 310, 410).

Disclosed are a method, system, and apparatus of a corrections officer tactical gear using computer vision to notify of an ambient threat. In one embodiment, a personal protective equipment includes a responsive device integrated in a tactical gear and a visual sensor of the tactical gear to identify an inmate using an inmate artificial intelligence model. The responsive device notifies a wearer of the tactical gear when the visual sensor identifies an ambient threat to the wearer and / or the inmate. A geo-location device may identify a present location of the wearer when the visual sensor identifies the inmate. When the visual sensor identifies the inmate, a present location of the wearer may be transmitted from the tactical gear to a command center of a correctional facility (e.g., may also identify a distance away and / or a location of the inmate from the present location of the wearer).

The present invention relates to an image processing system and an associated method. The method comprises receiving one or more images comprising image data relating to a user of a piece of equipment; processing the one or more images to determine whether a personal protective equipment (PPE) requirement is met, wherein determining whether the PPE requirement is met comprises processing the one or more images to determine whether the user is wearing PPE, and transmitting a signal to the piece of equipment to shut down at least part of the piece of equipment if the PPE requirement is not met.

Systems, methods, and other embodiments for a personal protective equipment (“PPE”) adapter system for use with an augmented / virtual / mixed reality (“AR”) devices and light devices, including an AR device having an AR viewing display and a headband operatively connected to the AR viewing display or a light device having an light module and a headband operatively connected to the light module, and a PPE hood operatively connected to the PPE adapter system, wherein the PPE hood includes a face shield, wherein the face shield is removably connected to the PPE adapter system.

Disclosed are an apparatus, system, and method of a visual sensor of a tactical gear to use facial recognition technology to identify a person of interest and to cause a responsive device on the tactical gear to notify a wearer. In one embodiment, a personal protective equipment includes a responsive device integrated in a tactical gear and a visual sensor. The visual sensor of the tactical gear identifies a target person using an identity artificial intelligence model. The responsive device notifies a wearer of the tactical gear when the visual sensor identifies the target person. Further, the responsive device notifies an additional person when the visual sensor identifies a threat to a protectee of the wearer and the additional person. The responsive device may vibrate when the visual sensor of the tactical gear detects an ambient threat to the protectee of the wearer.

Monitoring systems and methods incorporating wearable personal protection items with intelligent sensor units configured to communicate with one another and determine proximity of individuals to one another while also monitoring personal wellness and safety protocol compliance across a community of persons.

Disclosed are a method, system, and apparatus of a biometric sensor of a tactical gear to monitor health and stress of a wearer. In one embodiment, personal protective equipment includes a language translator module integrated in a tactical gear, a biometric sensor, and a responsive device integrated in the tactical gear. A wearer bi-directionally communicates with an individual in an ambient environment using any language other than a primary language spoken by the wearer when the language translator module is activated. The biometric sensor detects the health condition of the wearer. The responsive device vibrates to notify the wearer when the biometric sensor detects an elevated stress level of the wearer of the tactical gear. The biometric sensor is detachable from the tactical gear and placeable on an injured person nearby to the wearer through an armband extendable from the biometric sensor when it is removed from the tactical gear.

In some examples, a system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a communication component; an industrial controller device that is configured to control an industrial device and includes a communication component; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the article of PPE and the industrial controller device, wherein the computing device is configured to: receive PPE data from the article of PPE and industrial controller data from the industrial controller device; determine, based at least in part on a set of the PPE data that temporally corresponds to a set of the industrial controller data, an occurrence of a safety event; and perform, based at least in part on the determination of the safety event, at least one operation.

Disclosed are a method, system, and apparatus of a biometric sensor of a tactical gear to monitor health and stress of a wearer. In one embodiment, personal protective equipment includes a language translator module integrated in a tactical gear, a biometric sensor, and a responsive device integrated in the tactical gear. A wearer bi-directionally communicates with an individual in an ambient environment using any language other than a primary language spoken by the wearer when the language translator module is activated. The biometric sensor detects the health condition of the wearer. The responsive device vibrates to notify the wearer when the biometric sensor detects an elevated stress level of the wearer of the tactical gear. The biometric sensor is detachable from the tactical gear and placeable on an injured person nearby to the wearer through an armband extendable from the biometric sensor when it is removed from the tactical gear.

Improved personal protective equipment facial wear including, in one embodiment, an at least partly adhesive mask, and one or more adhesive eye shields. In one implementation, the mask avoids significant contact with the delicate periorbital skin of the wearer, yet provides a substantially airtight seal so as to preclude moisture vapor transfer and “fogging” of eyeware or instruments. In another implementation, adherence of the eye shield is at least partially overlapping with the mask and creates an at least partial seal around a perimeter of the eye shield. Further, an at least partial seal is formed around a perimeter of the mask. The mask and eye shield additionally prevent nasal air flow obstruction, and address the problem of skin irritation and attachment during normal facial expression and movement of the wearer.

An electronically controlled tactile alert system for use in equipment, such as personal protective equipment like respiratory protection systems used in firefighting, comprising one or more sensors, a processor, and an actuator to generate impulses that are tactilely sensed by a user of the equipment.

The present invention relates to a safety compliance, identification, and security monitoring system that includes a monitoring device operable to capture images / videos of a predefined area and persons and events within the area. The monitoring device is further operable to determine whether persons within the area are wearing required personal protective equipment. In one embodiment, the monitoring device initiates an alert a safety equipment infraction. In one embodiment, the system is operable to further record an incident report identifying the nature, date, and location of the infraction, as well as the identity of the person committing the infraction. In one embodiment, the system is operable to monitor various external conditions, such as heat, humidity, smoke, and initiate an alert of the external condition detected. In one embodiment, the system detects quality assurance / quality control issues, including situations involving inspecting equipment, tools, and / or materials for non-conformance.

The present invention discloses a method for analyzing virus transmission in the cabin of a civil airliner, including collecting parameters of the civil airliner, constructing a physical model of the cabin in a selected space using 3D modeling software; performing mesh division on the constructed physical model of the cabin; simulating the physically modeled cabin after mesh division; determining the simulated path of virus diffusion, as well as the velocity field and concentration field of diffusion according to the simulation results; calculating the probability of infection risk for passengers in the cabin under different states of the personalized ventilation outlet above the infected passenger based on the mathematical model of virus transmission in the cabin of a civil airliner. The present invention provides suggestions for flight crew and passengers to reasonably arrange cabin activities and use personal protective equipment, reduce the infection risk of other passengers, isolate infected persons as much as possible, block virus transmission, and is of great significance to the physical health of passengers and flight crew.

The application relates to a personal protective equipment wearing compliance identification method and system and electronic equipment. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining a two-dimensional image containing an operator wearing personal protective equipment; identifying the two-dimensional image to generate a human skeleton model and an equipment component model respectively; based on the human skeleton model and the equipment component model, a human-equipment semantic topology graph is constructed through hierarchical constraint solving; and based on a preset compliance constraint library, wearing compliance identification is performed on the human-equipment semantic topology graph to obtain an identification result. The method solves the technical problem that the prior art cannot accurately determine whether correct physical connection and structural topology relationship are formed between equipment components according to safety specifications, and can only identify the 'existence' and 'approximate position' of components, resulting in a high false alarm rate and poor reliability. The method achieves the technical effects of accurately restoring the real wearing structure of the equipment, effectively identifying hidden safety hazards and significantly reducing the false alarm rate and the missed detection rate.

Disclosed herein is a photo-polymerizable coating with broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties designed for personal protective equipment (PPE), such as face masks.

The invention relates to the technical field of radiation protection, in particular to personal protection equipment for radiation detection, which comprises a helmet body, a support ring, connecting cloth and a protection component, and the protection component comprises an assembly groove, two standby grooves, a filter element, a magnetic annular unit, a lifting pushing unit and a transverse pushing mechanism. The lifting pushing unit drives the filter element needing to be replaced to move downwards, the filter element is pushed into the magnetic attraction annular unit through the transverse pushing mechanism and driven to the outside of the assembling groove through the magnetic attraction annular unit to be cleaned, and meanwhile the unused filter element is pushed out of the standby groove to be used in a linkage mode. After the external filter element is cleaned, the filter element is put into the assembly groove again for use; therefore, the working efficiency of ionizing radiation monitoring is remarkably improved, meanwhile, radioactive cross contamination of working places or workers caused by the fact that the workers need to enter and exit a high-activity area, a low-activity area, a clean area and other related areas of a non-sealed radioactive substance working place when the filter element is replaced is avoided, and therefore the physical health and life safety of the radiation workers are ensured.

The present disclosure is related to a facial covering assembly. The facial covering assembly includes a form structure comprising a form structure opening, an inner frame coupled to the form structure, an outer frame coupled to the inner frame, a filter material coupled to the inner frame and disposed between the inner frame and the outer frame, and a fastener coupled to the inner frame. The inner frame includes an inner frame body and an inner frame opening disposed in the inner frame body. The outer frame includes an outer frame body and an outer frame opening disposed in the outer frame body.

A protective textile used for manufacturing personal protective equipment includes at least three yarns. A first composite yarn includes a tungsten core, a sheath made of a polyester filaments covering the tungsten core, and an outer layer comprising a plurality of para-aramid filaments wrapped around the sheath. A second composite yarn has a spandex core with polyester wound around it. A third yarn is made of fire-resistant spun acrylic. All three yarns are combined into a single feed to manufacture the protective textile, which can be formed into a glove or a sleeve. A fourth yarn made of a rubber core wrapped in a double covering of polyester may be used in the cuffs of the glove / sleeve for additional elasticity. A fifth yarn having a spandex core covered with fire-resistant spun acrylic fiber may be used in the palm of the sleeve for additional coverage and elasticity.

The invention relates to a mining self-adaptive constant-air-volume control air supply device without sensor detection, which is characterized by comprising a main machine rear cover (2), a fan rear cover (4), a fan (3), a filter device (110) and a main machine front cover (1) which are sequentially connected together, a vibration motor (6) and an electric control board (8) are arranged on two sides of the fan (3), and the filter device (110) is arranged on the main machine front cover (1). The fan (3), the electric control board (7) and the vibration motor (6) are fixed in an internal space set by the main machine front cover (1) through screws; the LED light guide plate (5) is mounted at the top of the fan (3), and a display control plate (8) is further mounted on the LED light guide plate (5); a battery box cover (15), a lithium battery (16) and a battery box (14) are sequentially mounted at the bottom of the fan (3) downwards; a charging interface is formed in the side surface of the battery box (14); due to the design of high filtration, miniaturization, light weight and portability, the equipment is suitable for being worn by individual protection equipment, and is convenient and practical.

This invention discloses an anti-yellowing, highly breathable, three-dimensional molded mask and its preparation method, belonging to the field of personal protective equipment technology. The mask is composed of a surface layer, a middle support layer with a three-dimensional mesh structure, and an inner layer, which are molded together. The edge area of ​​the mask is sealed by directly bonding the surface layer and the inner layer, encapsulating the edges of the sandwich fabric; simultaneously, adhesive penetrates the edge mesh of the middle support layer fabric, wrapping the fiber cross-section to form an anti-yellowing encapsulation layer. This adhesive uses an aliphatic PUR prepolymer as the base resin, compounded with an antioxidant system, ultraviolet absorbers, and physical pore-forming agents to achieve multiple layers of protection. The preparation method of this invention improves breathability by applying a dotted or mesh-like coating to the middle area, and then heat-presses twice to form a mask with a three-dimensional shape. This invention solves the problem of the inability to simultaneously address yellowing resistance, edge itching, and poor breathability, resulting in a three-dimensional mask that combines long-lasting aesthetics, skin-friendly comfort, and high breathability.

The present application relates to a kind of construction personnel personal protective equipment and personnel accurate association method and system, method includes: obtaining the image that has defined multiple personnel target frame and protective equipment target frame;For each protective equipment target frame, calculate its with each personnel target frame The ratio of intersection, and filter candidate associated personnel based on this;Obtain the human key point position corresponding to each personnel target frame;Calculate the minimum distance from the center point of protective equipment target frame to each candidate personnel relevant key point;The ratio of intersection and key point distance is mapped to percentile scale and fused to generate association quality score;Finally, based on association quality score, and follow single personnel standard wearing quantity constraint Global optimization distribution is carried out, the accurate association of personal protective equipment and personnel is realized.The present application can realize the accurate determination of personal protective equipment attribution in complex and dense scene, and provides core technical support for intelligent and personalized safety compliance inspection.

1. Name of the product under this design: Safety boots (SP24W371). 2. Purpose of this design product: Personal protective equipment designed to protect the feet from potential injuries, smashing and puncture. 3. The key point of the design of this product lies in its shape. 4. The picture or photo that best illustrates the design points: three-dimensional picture.

Disclosed herein apparatus and associated methods relate to body armor comprising a plate having a ceramic tile bonded to front and back polyolefin layers by front and back pretreated prepreg layers. The pretreated prepreg layers may comprise epoxy resin sheets precooled for storage at 0° F. The polyolefin layers may comprise 940 and 1880 denier extruded polyolefin sheets. The stored cold prepreg sheets may be heated and the hot prepreg sheets used to join the ceramic tile with the extruded polyolefin sheets. The ceramic tile may be bonded to the extruded polyolefin sheets by cooling the ceramic tile, extruded polyolefin sheets and hot prepreg sheets in a −58° F. freezer, forming a cooled bonded plate. A backer comprising stacked plastic sheets may be connected to the plate. The cooled bonded plate may be cured by a curing cycle comprising 260° F. and 120 PSI using an autoclave.

Modular personal protective equipment (PPE), comprising interconnected wearable monitoring and communications components integrated in personal safety equipment including helmet, glasses and vest. T

A power supply system is provided including a transformer, a plurality of switches, a rectifier circuit, and a controller. The transformer includes at least one primary winding and at least one secondary winding. The plurality of switches is configured to receive an input direct current (DC) power and provide a transformer input power to the primary winding. The secondary winding is configured to provide a transformer output power based on the transformer input power. The rectifier circuit is configured to receive the transformer output power and provide an output DC power to one or more external loads. The output DC power is a product of a total load current and an output voltage. The controller is configured to determine the total load current required for the external loads and control the plurality of switches to provide a switching frequency based on the total load current required for the external loads.

Metal nanoparticle agglomerates may aid in promoting infection control over an extended period of time when adhered to a touch or contact surface of personal protective equipment, such as gloves or garments. Gloves may comprise a body having one or more touch surfaces when worn, and metal nanoparticle agglomerates adhered to a material defining the one or more touch surfaces. The gloves may further comprise an identifying tag associated with the material. The identifying tag may be electronically identifiable, which may track, for example, how long the gloves have been in use, whether the gloves have been worn, conditions under which the gloves have been worn, and / or locations where the gloves have been worn. Other personal protective equipment and garments may similarly comprise metal nanoparticle agglomerates adhered to at least a portion of a material shaped for wear, optionally including an identifying tag associated with the material.