Abstract: A Thermal Transparency Control Device (TTCD), comprising: an inner layer of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) capable of changing an arrangement of liquid crystals comprised therein, in response to a change in a level of voltage supplied to the PDLC, so that the inner layer becomes more transparent as the voltage increases, thereby enabling more thermal radiation to pass through the inner layer; the inner layer placed between two outer layers of material wherein at least part of each of the two outer layers enables thermal radiation passage therethrough and wherein each of the two outer layers comprises an electrical interface that is in contact with the inner layer.

Abstract: A Thermal Transparency Control Device (TTCD), comprising: an inner layer of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) capable of changing an arrangement of liquid crystals comprised therein, in response to a change in a level of voltage supplied to the PDLC, so that the inner layer becomes more transparent as the voltage increases, thereby enabling more thermal radiation to pass through the inner layer; the inner layer placed between two outer layers of material wherein at least part of each of the two outer layers enables thermal radiation passage therethrough and wherein each of the two outer layers comprises an electrical interface that is in contact with the inner layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring whole blood drawn from a mammalian subject, the system including a fluid delivery device in fluid connection, at a first end, with a vein (or other blood vessel) of the subject, a valve device at a second end of the fluid delivery device, a whole blood monitoring apparatus for measuring a hemoglobin count for example in a blood sample conveyed by the fluid delivery device from the mammalian subject and a processor adapted to analyze data received from the hemoglobin monitoring apparatus to monitor the subject and further to detect if the subject is suffering from internal bleeding.