Automatic recording, indicating and predicting device for gynecophysiological cycles

• US 4,443,851 A
• Filed: 07/29/1982
• Issued: 04/17/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lin, Kin-Yuan
• Original Assignee: Lin, Kin-Yuan
• Inventors: Lin, Kin-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Krass, Errol A.
• Application Number:
  US06/403,037
• Time in Patent Office: 628 Days
• Field of Search: 364/413, 364/415, 364/710, 128/734-738, 340/525, 340/711, 340/722, 340/752, 340/753, 340/784, 340/789, 73/343 R, 73/344, 73/339 R, 73/343.5
• US Class Current: 600/551
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/0012 Ovulation-period determination for animals A61D17/002
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2010/0019 based on measurement of temperature
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/022 for recording
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/025 for measuring physiological data
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

The present invention relates to a microprocessing device which detects, records, analyzes and plots the basal body temperature change in conjunction with calendar rhythmic method through measuring, recording and storing the data of the continuously changing body temperature and the period of duration of a plurality of cycles to set the (birth of babies) under the users'"'"' control, and it may act as a digital calender clock with musical alarm device when not used for the aforesaid purposes.

Claims

1. A device for analyzing menstrual cycles comprising:

(a) a sensor means for sensing body temperature;

(b) keyboard input means for providing input data representative of the date, time, start of prior menstrual cycles and abnormal body conditions;

(c) microprocessor means having data processing and storage means including memory storage means for storing data representative of body temperature, including abnormal conditions during the previous days in a current menstrual cycle, and data representative of the first day of at least one prior menstrual cycle;

said data processing and storage means also including calendar means for providing calendar data, including at least data representative of the actual date and the safe period between two successive menstruations, for providing a continuous curve of body temperature versus date to provide an indication of the anticipated start of ovulation prior to the start thereof while, in the case of any abnormal condition that may appreciably affect the body temperature, comprising fever factors that occur during the sensing of the body temperature, data representative of any said abnormal condition is fed through the keyboard to instruct the microprocessor to label the date automatically and, in so doing, to provide an indicating flag of abnormal conditions that will correspond to the date thereof;

said microprocessor means also coupled to said sensor and said keyboard means for receiving inputs therefrom and for processing said inputs to provide output data representative of body temperature as a function of date, whereby said device predicts the period of gestation and next menstrual cycle for women, including women having long menstrual cycles, as a function of said calendar data, said body temperature and said first day of at least one prior menstrual cycle;

(d) graphic display means having flag means coupled to said keyboard input means by said microprocessor means for receiving data and displaying said data in a continuous curve of body temperature versus date to provide an indication of the same, the abnormal conditions and the anticipated start of ovulation prior to the start thereof, the graphic display means becoming operative to indicate an abnormal condition on a specific date when instructed to do so by data input at the keyboard, whereby said device detects, records, analyzes and plots body temperature change and abnormal conditions in conjunction with a rhythmic method for measuring, recording and storing the data of the continuously changing body temperature for providing an automatic recording, indicating and predicting device for gynecophysiological cycles.