Wireless transmission of temperature data

• US 20080239920A1
• Filed: 03/27/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Exergen Corporation
• Original Assignee: Exergen Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Janette H., Jarboe, Jason N., Pompei, Francesco
• Application Number:
  US11/728,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20080239920A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/100
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/0022 for sensing the radiation of moving bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/0025 Living bodies ear thermometers G01J5/0011; detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/02 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/025 Interfacing a pyrometer to an external device or network; User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/04 Casings
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/049 Casings for tympanic thermometers

Abstract

An identification input device and a temperature detector that detects body temperature data. The identification input device may be an optical touch pen. The infrared touch pen may be affixed to the temperature detector using a hook and connector or a snap fit connector. In use, the temperature detector computes body temperature data and the identification input device determines an identifier. The identifier is unique to a user. After obtaining the body temperature data and identifier, a transmitter may transmit body temperature data and the identifier over a wireless communications path to a processing unit. By transmitting data over a wireless communications path, an individual'"'"'s data or a large group of data may be analyzed and viewed via a display unit.

Claims

1. A method of collecting temperature data, comprising:

determining an identifier of an individual for each of plural individuals;

detecting body temperature data of the individual associated with the identifier; and

transmitting the body temperature data and the identifier over a wireless communications path to a processor.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining an identifier of the individual is through an identification reader.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the identification reader is a touch pen.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the touch pen is a bar code reader.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the touch pen is affixed to a temperature detector using a connector.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the identification reader includes a bar code reader.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein detecting body temperature data of the individual further comprises scanning across the temporal artery to obtain body temperature data.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the body temperature data and the identifier in memory of the processor.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising processing the body temperature data using the processor.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising displaying a result for the body temperature data to a user of the processor.

11. An apparatus for collecting a temperature data, comprising:

an identification input device;

a temperature detector; and

a transmitter that transmits body temperature data from the temperature detector and an identifier from the identification input device over a wireless communications path to a processing unit.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the identification input device is an identification reader.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the identification input device is a touch pen.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the touch pen is a bar code reader.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the touch pen is affixed to the temperature detector by using a connector.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the identification input device includes a bar code reader.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the temperature detector scans across the temporal artery to obtain body temperature data.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising memory in the processor to store the body temperature data and the identifier.

19. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising the processing unit processes the body temperature data.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 further comprising a display unit of the processor that displays a result for the body temperature data to a user.

21. An apparatus for collecting a temperature data, comprising:

means for determining an identifier of an individual for each of plural individuals;

means for detecting body temperature data of the individual associated with the identifier; and

means for transmitting the body temperature data and the identifier over a wireless communications path to a processor.