Adhesive clinical thermometer pad and temperature measuring pad

• US 20050226310A1
• Filed: 09/24/2004
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakazawa, Tsutomu, Sakano, Motoya
• Application Number:
  US10/948,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20050226310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 374/208
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/024 for remote indication
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/20 Clinical contact thermometers for use with humans or animals

Abstract

An adhesive clinical thermometer pad is used in combination with a reader for reading temperature information of a patient from the thermometer pad. The pad includes a flexible main body of a generally flat shape, an adhesive layer formed on a rear surface of the main body, an antenna portion for receiving a radio wave emitted from the reader, an electric power generating portion for generating electric power from the radio wave received by the antenna portion, a temperature senor for measuring a body temperature of the patient, and an output portion for wirelessly outputting temperature information toward the reader. The antenna portion, the electric power generating portion, the temperature sensor and the output portion are embedded in the main body. The temperature information includes the measured temperature and an ID code given to the clinical thermometer pad. The output portion is operated by the electric power generated by the electric power generating portion. The adhesive clinical thermometer pad attached to a skin surface of the patient via the adhesive layer receives the radio wave from the reader, generates electric power from the received radio wave, measures the body temperature of the patient and wirelessly outputs the temperature information toward the reader.

Claims

1. An adhesive clinical thermometer pad to be used in combination with a reader for reading temperature information of a patient from the thermometer pad, the adhesive clinical thermometer pad, comprising:

a flexible main body of a generally flat shape;

an adhesive layer formed on a rear surface of the main body;

an antenna portion for receiving a radio wave emitted from the reader;

an electric power generating portion for generating electric power from the radio wave received by the antenna portion;

a temperature senor for measuring a body temperature of the patient; and

an output portion for wirelessly outputting temperature information toward the reader,

wherein the antenna portion, the electric power generating portion, the temperature sensor and the output portion are embedded in the main body,

wherein the temperature information includes the measured temperature and an ID code given to the clinical thermometer pad, and

wherein the output portion is operated by the electric power generated by the electric power generating portion,

whereby the adhesive clinical thermometer pad attached to a skin surface of the patient via the adhesive layer receives the radio wave from the reader, generates electric power from the received radio wave, measures the body temperature of the patient and wirelessly outputs the temperature information toward the reader.

2. The adhesive clinical thermometer pad as recited in claim 1, further comprising a memory for storing the ID code.

3. The adhesive clinical thermometer pad as recited in claim 2, wherein the memory is a rewritable memory.

4. The adhesive clinical thermometer pad as recited in claim 1, further comprising an A/D converter for converting an analog signal from the temperature sensor into a digital signal, and wherein the digital signal is wirelessly outputted from the output portion via the antenna.

5. The adhesive clinical thermometer pad as recited in claim 1, wherein the adhesive clinical thermometer pad is configured to be connected to a personal computer via the reader, whereby the personal computer reads the temperature information, stores the read temperature information, processes the read temperature information and displays the processed information.

6. A temperature measuring pad to be used in combination with a reader for reading temperature information from a temperature measuring pad, the temperature measuring pad, comprising:

an antenna portion for receiving a radio wave emitted from the reader;

an electric power generating portion for generating electric power from the radio wave received by the antenna portion;

a temperature senor for measuring the temperature of an object; and

an output portion for wirelessly outputting temperature information toward the reader, the temperature information including the measured temperature and an ID code given to the temperature measuring pad,

wherein the output portion is operated by the electric power generated by the electric power generating portion.

7. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 6, wherein the temperature measuring pad includes a flexible main body of a generally flat shape and an adhesive layer formed on a rear surface of the main body, and wherein the antenna portion, the electric generating portion, the temperature sensor and the output portion are embedded in the main body.

8. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 6, further comprising an A/D converter for converting an analog signal from the temperature sensor into a digital signal, and wherein the digital signal is wirelessly outputted from the output portion via the antenna portion.

9. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 6, further comprising a memory for storing the ID code.

10. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 9, wherein the memory is a rewritable memory.

11. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 6, wherein the adhesive clinical thermometer pad is configured to be connected to a personal computer via the reader, whereby the personal computer reads the temperature information, stores the read temperature information, processes the read temperature information and displays the processed information.

12. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 6, wherein the temperature measuring pad is used for measuring a body temperature of a patient for clinical purposes.

13. A temperature measuring pad to be used in combination with a reader for reading temperature information from the temperature measuring pad, the temperature measuring pad, comprising:

an adhesive main body of a generally flat shape;

a battery;

a temperature senor for measuring a temperature of an object; and

an output portion for wirelessly outputting temperature information toward the reader, the temperature information including the measured temperature and an ID code given to the temperature measuring pad,

wherein the battery, the temperature sensor and the output portion are embedded in the main body, and

wherein the output portion is operated by the battery.

14. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 13, wherein the adhesive main body has an adhesive layer on a rear surface thereof, and wherein the battery, the temperature sensor and the output portion are embedded in the main body.

15. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 13, further comprising an A/D converter for converting an analog signal from the temperature sensor into a digital signal, and wherein the digital signal is wirelessly outputted from the output portion.

16. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 13, further comprising a memory for storing the ID code.

17. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 16, wherein the memory is a rewritable memory.

18. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 13, wherein the temperature measuring pad is configured to be connected to a personal computer via the reader, whereby the personal computer reads the temperature information, stores the read temperature information, processes the read temperature information and displays the processed information.

19. The temperature measuring pad as recited in claim 13, wherein the temperature measuring pad is used for measuring a body temperature of a patient for clinical purposes.