REAL-TIME BODY TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT

1 . A method of assessing a patient's risk of hypothermia, the method comprising:

receiving a first input from a sleeve administered to a patient;

receiving a second input;

determining a first risk value based at least in part on the first input;

determining a second risk value based at least in part on the second input;

determining a first relative risk value of the first risk value based at least in part on comparing the first risk value to the second risk value;

determining a second relative risk value of the second risk value based at least in part on comparing the first risk value to the second risk value; and

generating a risk score for the patient.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first input is one of a group comprising core temperature data for the patient, peripheral temperature data, and vital signal data for the patient.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second input is one of a group comprising demographic data for the patient, comorbidity data for the patient, pharmalogical data for the patient, procedural data relating to a procedure involving the patient, core temperature data for the patient, peripheral temperature data, environmental data, and vital signal data for the patient.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

assigning a first weight value to the first input; and

assigning a second weight value to the second input;

wherein determining the first relative risk value involves comparing the first weight value to the second weight value.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting a temperature of the sleeve based at least in part on the risk score.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising computing a rate of core temperature change value based at least in part on the first input.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining a core temperature prediction for the patient based at least in part on the rate of core temperature change value.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising adjusting a temperature of the sleeve based at least in part on the risk score.

9 . A method comprising:

determining a set point core temperature value;

measuring a present core temperature value of a patient being treated with a sleeve comprising one or more heating elements;

comparing the set point core temperature value to the present core temperature value;

in response to determining that the present value is not less than the set point value, comparing the present value to a sum of the set point value and a buffer value;

in response to determining that the present value is not greater than the sum, maintaining a temperature setting at a first heating element of the sleeve; and

in response to determining that the present value is greater than the sum, decreasing the temperature setting at the first heating element of the sleeve.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the present value is less than the set point value, measuring a heating element temperature of the first heating element; and

comparing the heating element temperature to a safety threshold value.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising, in response to determining that the heating element temperature is not greater than the safety threshold value, increasing the heating element temperature.

12 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising, in response to determining that the heating element temperature is greater than the safety threshold value, comparing the heating element temperature to a maximum temperature value.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising, in response to determining that the heating element temperature is not greater than the maximum temperature value, increasing the heating element temperature.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising, in response to determining that the heating element temperature is greater than the maximum temperature value, decreasing the heating element temperature.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising, in response to determining that the heating element temperature is greater than the maximum temperature value, comparing a compression frequency of a first compression element at the sleeve to a maximum frequency value.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising, in response to determining that the compression frequency is not greater than the maximum frequency value, increasing the compression frequency.

17 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising, in response to determining that the compression frequency is greater than the maximum frequency value, maintaining the compression frequency.