The technology generally relates to conditioning systems, in particular to wearable thermal conditioning systems.
Thermal conditioning, i.e. providing cooling and/or heating, is needed to maintain desirable temperatures. Some activities benefit from thermal conditioning on a personal level. Existing solutions to providing personal thermal conditioning are bulky, expensive, and do not deliver adequate conditioning. Improvements to these and other drawbacks to existing personal thermal conditioning approaches are desirable.
The embodiments disclosed herein each have several aspects no single one of which is solely responsible for the development's desirable attributes. Without limiting the scope of this disclosure, its more prominent features will now be briefly discussed. After considering this discussion, and particularly after reading the section entitled “Detailed Description,” one will understand how the features of the embodiments described herein provide advantages over existing systems, devices and methods for wearable thermal conditioning.
The following description includes non-limiting examples of some embodiments. For instance, other embodiments of the described systems, devices and methods may or may not include the features described herein. Moreover, described advantages and benefits may apply only to certain embodiments and should not be used to limit the disclosure.
A wearable thermal conditioning system is described. The system may deliver a fine nitrogen gas, for example reaching temperatures of negative two-hundred degrees Celsius (−200° C.). A vest may use regenerative tubing connected to peltier devices, pre-sealed nitrogen canisters, mini micro Stirling cryocoolers, handheld or miniature heating, ventilation and air condition (HVAC) systems, refrigeration systems, and/or heating systems. A miniature diaphragm pump or air compressor may connect by the regenerative tubing to an inlet that pulls a vacuum from the cooling unit outlet. The pump or compressor may connect to and provide cooling using regenerative tubing having micro air holes. The system may further include panels, liners, and/or solid state hand-held refrigerators. A controller and/or regulator may be used to control the system, for example with a software application on a mobile device.
In one aspect, a wearable thermal conditioning system is described. The system comprises a wearable garment, one or more peltier devices, one or more tubes, a pump and a power source. The one or more peltier devices are attached to the wearable garment. The one or more tubes have openings along a length thereof, with each tube extending from one of the one or more peltier devices and across a respective region of the wearable garment where cooling is to be supplied. The pump is attached to the wearable garment and is configured to pump air across the one or more peltier devices and through the one or more tubes. The power source is attached to the wearable garment and is configured to power the one or more peltier devices and the pump.
In some embodiments, the system further comprises one or more panels fluidly connected to the one or more tubes, the panels comprising a series of openings and configured to expel pumped air therethrough to provide cooling. In some embodiments, the wearable garment is a vest.
In another aspect, a wearable thermal conditioning system is described. The system comprises a wearable garment, one or more peltier devices, one or more panels, a pump, and a power source. The one or more peltier devices are attached to the wearable garment. The one or more panels comprise a series of openings and are configured to expel pumped air therethrough to provide cooling. The pump is attached to the wearable garment and is configured to pump air across the one or more peltier devices and through the one or more panels. The power source is attached to the wearable garment and is configured to power the one or more peltier devices and the pump.
In some embodiments, the system further comprises a plurality of the panels substantially covering the majority of the surface area of the wearable garment. In some embodiments, the system further comprises tubing fluidly connecting the one or more panels to the pump. In some embodiments, the wearable garment is a vest.
In another aspect, a wearable thermal conditioning system is described. The system comprises a wearable garment, one or more miniature Stirling cryo-coolers, a series of porous tubes and/or porous panels, a vacuum diaphragm pump, and a power source. The one or more miniature Stirling cryo-coolers are attached to the wearable garment. The series of porous tubes and/or porous panels are fluidly connected with the one or more cryo-coolers, where each tube and/or panel extends across a respective region of the wearable garment where cooling is to be supplied. The vacuum diaphragm pump is attached to the wearable garment and is configured to cause air thermally conditioned by the one or more cryo-coolers to move through each tube and/or panel. The power source is attached to the wearable garment and is configured to power the one or more cryo-coolers and the pump. In some embodiments, the wearable garment is a vest.
In another aspect, a wearable thermal conditioning system is described. The system comprises a wearable garment, a freeze box, a gas canister, a series of porous tubes and/or porous panels, a vacuum diaphragm pump, and a power source. The freeze box is attached to the wearable garment. The gas canister is in fluid connection with the freeze box. The series of porous tubes and/or porous panels are fluidly connected with the freeze box, where each tube and/or panel extends across a respective region of the wearable garment where cooling is to be supplied. The vacuum diaphragm pump is attached to the wearable garment and is configured to cause air thermally conditioned by the freeze box to move through the tube and/or panel. The power source is attached to the wearable garment and configured to power the freeze box and the pump. In some embodiments, the wearable garment is a vest.
The foregoing and other features of the present disclosure will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only several embodiments in accordance with the disclosure and are not to be considered limiting of its scope, the disclosure will be described with additional specificity and detail through use of the accompanying drawings. In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. In the drawings, similar symbols typically identify similar components, unless context dictates otherwise.
While the above-identified drawings set forth presently disclosed embodiments, other embodiments are also contemplated, as noted in the discussion. This disclosure presents illustrative embodiments by way of representation and not limitation. Numerous other modifications and embodiments can be devised by those skilled in the art which fall within the scope and spirit of the principles of the presently disclosed embodiments.
The following detailed description is directed to certain specific embodiments of the wearable thermal conditioning systems, devices and methods. In this description, reference is made to the drawings wherein like parts or steps may be designated with like numerals throughout for clarity. Reference in this specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” or “in some embodiments” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrases “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” or “in some embodiments” in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments necessarily mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Moreover, various features are described which may be exhibited by some embodiments and not by others. Similarly, various requirements are described which may be requirements for some embodiments but may not be requirements for other embodiments. Reference will now be made in detail to certain embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
Various embodiments of wearable thermal conditioning systems, devices and methods are described. Some embodiments are shown as a vest, and more particularly, as a cryo cooling vest. Although the systems may be described with respect to cooling, similar principles and designs as described herein may be used to provide heating, either alternatively or in addition to cooling. The cooling system not only keeps humans and animals cold, it may also strengthen immune systems, by fine gas holes throughout the vest liner or seepage through clothing textile directly to a user's skin.
The wearable may be used for cooling and/or cryotherapy. The cryovest is customizable and extremely lightweight, durable and can be built into any vest design. There are many portable applications that can be used unattached to the vest that one can carry such as HVAC, refrigeration, heating or the like. Peltier devices, pre-charged nitrogen canisters or miniature Stirling cryocoolers may be mounted and built into the wearable or externally carried or mounted thereto. A Stirling cryocooler creates nitrogen gas and a cold tip is connected to the inlet of a vacuum diaphragm pump and its outlet with enough pressure to slowly move through regenerative tubing and maze chambered panels of the interior liner. The entire vest may be constantly cold and blowing negative 200 degree gas through seepage material or small holes in clothing material designed to not let any air escape until it hits human or animal skin. The weight of the garment is negligible, the system is easy to operate, hidden and unobtrusive, requires no maintenance, and may be thermostat controlled, e.g. to temperatures below 60 degrees Fahrenheit (F), by the use of a cellular telephone or other mobile device or computer. Batteries can be nuclear energy or any twenty four volt battery, such as lithium ion or sodium ion, and/or use solar energy. Battery life is over eight hours of continual use. The system can also use a vest, quick release attached to regenerative tubing, mount to a belt, placed in a carrying case, or hidden inside a purse or the like.
The vest may be used as a cryovest. The system may be used for cryotherapy. Various benefits of these and other embodiments of the system include decreased pain, swelling and inflammation, accelerated muscle recovery time, increased energy and assistance in post-injury recovery and rehabilitation. The system may be worn indoors or outdoors in any environment as it is unnoticeable, noiseless, easy to use, unobtrusive, burns calories, strengthens the immune system, and may cover the entire upper body reducing core temperatures in extreme heat like an air conditioner. The system can be sold at a reasonable price and by redesigning for safety can be built into any wearable, for example any vest, on the market.
Human thermoregulatory models and physiological simulation models may guide design of the system. Data on thermoregulatory control functions may be used with detailed, multi-segmental models of human thermoregulation. Such models combine the physics of internal and external heat flow with internal body temperature regulation. The systems described herein provide enhanced thermoregulation with low weight and air conditioning that can be regulated.
In some embodiments, a wearable thermal conditioning system delivers a fine nitrogen gas reaching temperatures of −50 degrees Celsius (° C.) or less, −100° C. or less, −150° C. or less, or −200° C. or less. In accordance with various embodiments, the mechanisms for delivering the coldest air achievable known to man includes a system comprising a vest that uses regenerative tubing that can connect to one or more peltier devices, pre-sealed nitrogen canisters, mini micro Stirling cryocoolers, or a handheld HVAC system, refrigeration systems, heating systems, or the like. The system may use a mini micro diaphragm pump or air compressor that is connected by regenerative tubing to the inlet that pulls a vacuum from the cooling unit outlet. The pump or compressor then connects to regenerative tubing and can cool using regenerative tubing with micro air holes, with panels having air holes, or an entire vest liner arranged in a distributed maze-like configuration that allows the entire vest to keep the user cool. Solid state hand-held refrigerators may be used to wrap around motors of components along with other heat sources to cool the devices so as to rid the vest of heat and make it safe. The components are automatic, portable, mountable and removable and can be replaced and may be used in combination with one another. A controller and regulator may be used to create the perfect temperature for control by an external input device, such as a cell phone or other mobile device. These and other features will now be shown and described with respect to the figures.
One or more panels 1 may be included throughout the vest. The panel 1 may include material that is used in military or other fatigues and that have all the components either sewn in or placed into hidden pockets or mounted on the outside. The panels 1 may also be included in the upper chest areas, collar areas, side areas, front and back areas.
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The system delivers nitrogen gas, or uses ice or ice crystallization, to cool through the vest liner itself or by regenerative tubing. The vest liner keeps a user cold in extreme heat and helps a human or animal experience the benefits of cryogenics, such as strengthened immune system, decreased pain, swelling and inflammation, increased energy, and the like. The same procedure may be used instead to provide heating.
In various embodiments the system may be incorporated and configured to be used as a built-in or external unit as clothing, blankets, tents, and homes by using high pressure lines with dosing nozzle tips that work like a fire suppression system. The system may be worn indoors and outdoors.
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A precharged cannister system 5B, a nitrogen generating system 5C or a pulsating tube 5D could also be included in the thermal conditioning system of
The panel 1 may incorporate front clothing textiles and appear as a vest panel or could be formed as a sheet of substantially stainable fabric, i.e., a woven or entangled mass of fibers, aramid fibers, polymer, or a film that can make an airtight seal or can adhere an air tight liner for the cooling panels or entire vest liner. An emulsion may be added to these textiles to reduce susceptibility to permanent staining by, e.g., semi-solids and liquids, such as blood, urine, feces, hospital strength disinfecting compounds, alcohol, or the like on outer surface fibers or coatings. In some embodiments, where human use lasting less than twenty four hours is desired, fibers or forming fabrics suitable for the entire exterior or panels may be made of materials such as acetate, acrylic, anidex, aramid, azlon, cotton, elastoester, fluorocarbon, fur, glass, hemp, lyocell, melamine, metallic, modacrylic, modal, mosacrylic, novo loid, nylon, mytril, olefin, PAN, PBI, PEEK, Pelco, PEN 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 60 65 4PLA, PTT, polyester, polyester-polyarylate, rayon, saran, spandex, sulfur, triacetate, vinyl, vinyon, wool, other suitable materials, or combinations thereof. A common characteristic of the foregoing and like materials is their propensity to stain or discolor as a result of contact with blood, urine, feces, hospital strength disinfecting compounds, alcohol, or the like. copolyester, polyether, ethylene vinyl acetate, fluorocarbon, polyamide, olefins, polybutylene, polycarbonate, polyester, polystyrene, polyurethane, polyvinyl, alcohol, polyvinyl, chloride, polyvinyl fluoride, polyvinylidene chloride.
The textiles may all be airtight when sewn or melted together at the seams although the bottom inside layer can also be used for seepage to where the entire inside layer remains cool and there are no air holes and fabric seeps cold air onto skin instead of mini micro air holes. A top outside textile can also use phase change fabric that controls temperature by taking the heat and exchanging it to cool on the bottom layer of textile, such as NASA-grade material. Other materials for fabric like carbon fiber, carbon kevlar hybrid, fiberglass, flex fiber, hemp, kevlar or the like would be Military grade. Other exterior layers could be solar or the like.
In various embodiments, exterior of vest top layers 11, 12 may be glued with adhesive, melted or sewn onto the side panels 18. There may be a quarter inch to (¼″) to one inch (1″) thickness side panel 18 that is glued with adhesive, melted or sewn onto the I-beam coil-cooling pillar textile platform sheets 50 and/or I-beam coil cooling pillars 14. The pillars 14 may be structural members separating the two opposing sides of the panel 1 to allow for airflow between the opposing sides. The I-beam coil cooling pillars 14 and side panels 18 may be glued with adhesive, melted or sewn onto the bottom inside layer 15. The bottom inside layer 15 may use seepage or small blow holes 16 spread out throughout the panels 1, or an entire liner for direct nitrogen gas or cold air skin contact. The side panels 18, or other panel access, to pressurize the panels or liners may use seals 19 and regenerative tubing 20 channels or the like to pressurize air into the panels 1 or liners for Nitrogen gas or cold air to keep cool. This may be done by utilizing a diagram pump 4 connected to the batteries 3. The air is pressurized and seeps out of small holes 13 or can be blown out of the liner 15 via blow holes 16. Whichever method is used, the other side is sealed so that the cold air is blown or seeped onto the users skin.
A clamp 7 may be used for barbed fittings and a base that can be molded onto a vest or composite of exterior units. The clamps 7 secure to the regenerative tubing 2 to provide cooling where needed, otherwise the regenerative tubing 2 can slide into cloth channels or be used as piping and melted, adhesively glued, or sewn onto a vest. The clamps 7 also attach to the mini micro diaphragm pump 4 and/or mini micro air compressor, e.g. that has 8,000-11,000 hours of continual use or the like.
The regenerative tubing 2 uses compressed air to push air through the peltier devices 5A that use positive and negative energy with a heat sink, two plates of metal and a fan that creates ice. A solid state refrigerator may or may not be used to cool the peltier device 5A. The peltier devices 5A have an airtight concealed encasement to allow compressed air to pass through and blow air through micro holes in the regenerative cooling tubing 2 and/or panels 1.
One or more batteries 3 may provide power for the system. In some embodiments, the peltier device 5A and diaphragm pump 4 and/or air compressor mount to the vest or an exterior unit and may be used to power the system. The system may be powered with betavoltaics, opto electric, nuclear batteries, aromic, sodium ion, lithium ion, lithium sulfur, nano silicon, solar, energy capturing from wifi or connect to any external power source including power supplies, car adapters any plug or socket male or female to any fixed equipment or building structure, power cords connecting universal sockets or plugs. Battery terminal or direct battery connects to external units may be used, e.g. for airplanes, ATV's, boats, cars, military vehicles, motorcycles or the like. Wire thicknesses from 0.03 millimeters (mm) to 200 mm or the like may be used insulated with chlorinated polyurethane, ETFE, ethylene, FEP, fiberglass, halar, neoprene rubber, nylon, PFA, plenum, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene fluoride, PTFE, Semi-Rigid PVC, Rubber, Silicone, thermoplastic Styrene Butadiene rubber, or Thermoplastic elastomers for all component wires, covers and mounting bushings.
The system includes the mini micro diaphragm pumps 4, 5 or mini micro air compressor for air and/or gas. The pumps 4, 5 or compressors may be high pressure, high pneumatic pressure, uncontaminated media transfer, low noise, small size, low pulsation, low power consumption, high gas tightness, can be installed in any orientation, internally ported, maintenance free, provide pressure up to and over 43.5 pounds per square inch gauge (PSIG), direct current (DC) and brushless DC (BLDC) motors, can use downloadable software or the like. The diaphragm pump 4 or compressor is powered by batteries 3. The pumps 4, 5 may have a barbed or other type fitting that connects to the clamp 7. Pumped air or gas travels through the regenerative tubing 2 that passes through the peltier device 5A, sending cool air through the regenerative tubing 2 with micro holes for cooling with air pressure directly onto the user's skin. In some embodiments, the pump 5 may be replaced with a precharged cannister system 5B, a nitrogen generating system 5C, and/or a pulsating tube 5D.
The vacuum 36 can be added inline that uses positive and negative energy connecting to a regulator 35 and dosing nozzle and or using a dual port in/out diaphragm pump 4 or compressor to pressurize the system using the pre-filled nitrogen gas canister 34. The canister 34 passes through the regulator 35 and diaphragm vacuum pump 4 into regenerative tubing 2 and may use the freeze box 6 or pressurize the system and provide cooling through regenerative tubing 2 with micro holes for direct to skin cooling with nitrogen gas or using the panels 1 (e.g. shown in
A miniature micro Stirling cryo-cooler 21 in various embodiments uses feedthrough pins and interacts with the stater assembly, which interacts with permanent magnets attached to the piston assembly and causes the piston to oscillate. The piston's movement creates a pressure wave that causes the displacer assembly to move. The displacer rod connects the assembly to a planer spring that's designed to resonate at the cryo-cooler operating frequency. The cryo-cooler moving parts are encased in a hermetically sealed enclosure filled with helium gas which eliminates the need to refill the cryo-cooler. Gas bearing technology harnesses the pressure wave generated by the piston funneled through a one way valve and out several locations on the piston outer diameter. The same gas bearing technology is also used on the displacer valve. This keeps the piston and displacer centered in the cylinder achieving contact free operation and enabling a long life vibration that can be reduced by the active or passive balancer.
The key to achieving the cooling effect is the relationship of the movement between the piston and displacer when the displacer movement results in the bulk of the working gas being located between the displacer and cold tip. The piston expands the gas based on the ideal gas law and the relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature. This causes the temperature of the gas to decrease, as the temperature decreases it absorbs or lifts heat through the cold tip causing the cold tip temperature to also decrease. When the displacer movement results in the movement of the working gas being located between the displacer and piston, the piston compresses the gas again based on the ideal gas law. This causes the temperature of the gas to increase, and as it increases it transfers and rejects heat from the gas through a heat exchanger to the environment.
Inside the displacer is a structure called the regenerator. The regenerator alternately stores and releases the heat of the helium gas to drastically increase the cycle officially. Since this cycle occurs sixty six times per second, the net effect is the temperature of the cold tip drops to negative two hundred and thirty degrees Celsius (−230° C.) or forty degrees Kelvin (40K).
The cold tip is housed with a titanium clamp 22 attached to a titanium funnel 23 that has a barbed tip. The barbed tip is attached to the regenerative tubing 2 with the clamp 7. The regenerative tubing 2 is attached to the vacuum diaphragm pump 4 inlet with a barbed tip and dispersed through the outlet with a barbed tip. The clamp 7 is attached to the regenerative tubing 2 in the various embodiments of the thermal conditioning system described herein to extend and provide cooling anywhere that air supply is needed for a human or animal to allow nitrogen gas or cold air to hit the skin, as described above.
The wearable thermal conditioning system may be a vest liner that can be one piece that encompasses the entire vest's inner layer or use panels 1 such as shown in
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The pulse tube cryocooler is specially developed for applications where the object to be cooled is extremely sensitive to vibrations. The absence of moving parts in the pulse tube cold head diminishes the influence of most of the disturbances at the cooler-detector interface. The pulse tube cryocooler is able to produce and sustain a detector operating temperature of about 80 K. The combination of a cold head with no moving parts and the reliable moving magnet flexure bearing compressor guarantees the high reliability of this cooler type. In some embodiments, the pulse tube cryocooler has a moving magnet flexure bearing design and a closed loop control of detector temperature.
Some of the characteristics of an embodiment of the pulse tube cryocooler include dual opposed pistons driven by linear motors, compact magnetic circuit optimized for motor efficiency, pulse tube cold head with no moving parts, and/or suitability for direct mount highly sensitive detectors.
The mini cryocooler with a pulsating cold finger 21A also known as a pulse tube, can be housed within a solid-state handheld refrigerator 33 or metal shroud. Additionally, a second solid state refrigerator 33 may be used to house additional components of the system as shown in
The pulse tube 21A produces extremely cold air by vibration and has a buffer space 46 inside of the mini micro cryocooler 51. The cold tip 52 lets the cold air from the cold tube 41 release into the inlet of the vacuum of the diaphragm pump 4 and push out of the diaphragm pump 4 with two or more pressure pumps. This allows a higher pressure to be pushed out of the diaphragm pump 4 than the pressure into the diaphragm pump 4, thus allowing a loop of cold air through the pulse tube 21A while at the same time blowing cold air out of the blowholes 16 in the tubing 2 throughout the vest. In the various embodiments of the thermal conditioning system described, the system may use a loop system with a vacuum pump 4. The system may also use a miniature air compressor 4 with compressed air moving through tubing 2 to extend and provide cooling anywhere that air supply is needed for a human or animal to allow cold air down to −80 K to hit the skin, as described above. The thermal conditioning system is also connected to any conformable battery 3.
The wearable thermal conditioning system may be a vest liner that can be one piece that encompasses the entire vest's inner layer, such as shown in
Various modifications to the implementations described in this disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein can be applied to other implementations without departing from the spirit or scope of this disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not intended to be limited to the implementations shown herein, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the claims, the principles and the novel features disclosed herein. The word “example” is used exclusively herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any implementation described herein as “example” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other implementations, unless otherwise stated.
Certain features that are described in this specification in the context of separate implementations also can be implemented in combination in a single implementation. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single implementation also can be implemented in multiple implementations separately or in any suitable sub-combination. Moreover, although features can be described above as acting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination can in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed combination can be directed to a sub-combination or variation of a sub-combination.
Similarly, while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. Additionally, other implementations are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions recited in the claims can be performed in a different order and still achieve desirable results.
It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to embodiments containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”
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