Apparatus for storing and displaying body temperature

• US 4,771,791 A
• Filed: 03/03/1986
• Issued: 09/20/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Benytone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Benytone Corporation
• Inventors: Kubouchi, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): YASICH, DANIEL
• Application Number:
  US06/835,696
• Time in Patent Office: 932 Days
• Field of Search: 374/102, 374/108, 128/738, 340/588, 364/417
• US Class Current: 600/549
• 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: A61B 2010/0029 based on time measurement

Abstract

A fertility determining apparatus for storing and displaying a measured basal body temperature of a woman and a calendar/clock for generating digital signals representing dates and time. There are separate memory units in the apparatus for storing measured temperature data and data from the calendar/clock. A data processing unit in the apparatus functions to determine whether or not the woman is in a fertile period based upon data stored within the apparatus and the corresponding basal temperature.

Claims

1. An apparatus for storing and displaying body temperature, said apparatus comprising:

a calendar/clock generates digital signals representing date and time;

a clinical thermometer measures basal body temperature for a preselected time period and produces a digital signal corresponding to said temperature;

a first memory unit stores the data output by said clinical thermometer and said calendar/clock;

a second memory unit stores data for determining fertility and said second memory unit contains stored computer programs;

a processing unit determines fertility based upon the data from said clinical thermometer stored in said first memory unit and the data on fertility stored in said second memory unit using said computer programs stored in said second memory unit, said processing unit also predicting future fertility based upon the data from said clinical thermometer and said data on fertility using said computer programs; and

a display means displays the output of said calendar/clock, the output of said clinical thermometer and the fertility determined by said processing unit.

2. An apparatus for storing and displaying body temperature according to claim 1 further comprising an alarm means for generating a wake up alarm, a means to activate said alarm means based on said calendar/clock, a means to control said display means and a means for setting the date and time of said calendar/clock.

3. An apparatus for storing and displaying body temperature according to claim 1, wherein said clinical thermometer further comprises a sensor, a body, and an operational means for operating said clinical thermometer.

4. An apparatus for storing and displaying body temperature according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays temperature in the form of a bar graph with dates along the abscissa and temperatures along the ordinate.

5. An apparatus for storing and displaying body temperature, said apparatus comprising:

a clinical thermometer measures body temperature for a predetermined time period and generates a digital signal corresponding to said temperature;

a calendar/clock generates a digtial signal representing a date and a time, said calendar/clock generating a digital signal representing a wake-up time for generating a wake-up alarm;

a memory unit connected to said calendar/clock and said clinical thermometer, said memory unit stores the temperature from said clinical thermometer, the date and times from said calendar/clock and stores data on fertility;

a processing unit determines current fertility and future fertility based on data stored in the memory unit on the temperature from said clinical thermometer, data on fertility and date and time from said calendar/clock;

display means connected to said memory unit, said display means selectively displays the temperature of said clinical thermometer stored in said memory unit, the date and times of said calendar/clock stored in said memory unit and current and future fertility;

activation means to activate said alarm means to generate said wake-up alarm from the wake-up time of the calendar/clock stored in said memory unit;

control means to control said display means to selectively display said date and time, said wake-up time, current and future fertility, said temperature and to turn said display means on and off; and

setting means for setting a current date and time of said calendar/clock and for setting said wake-up time.

6. An apparatus for storing and displaying body temperature as claimed in claim 5, wherein said clinical thermometer further comprises a sensor, a body, and control means for controlling said clinical thermometer.

7. An apparatus for storing and displaying body temperature, said apparatus comprising;

a calendar/clock functioning as a calendar;

a clinical thermometer measures a woman'"'"'s basal body temperature and produces a digital signal corresponding to said temperature;

a memory unit for storing data output by said clinical thermometer;

a processing circuit determines whether a woman is fertile on the basis of the data from said clinical thermometer and data stored in the memory unit and predicts future fertility from data stored in the memory unit expressing Mr. Ogino'"'"'s theory;

a display means for displaying output of said calendar/clock, the output of said clinical thermometer, and the data processed by said processing circuit, said display means comprising a first display section acting as a calendar/clock to display the current date and time, and a second display section for displaying the temperature in a form of bar graph;

a switch means comprising a first switch by which the display of the calendar by the first display section can be changed over to a wake-up time, when moving the first switch to a first position, the first display section can display the time at which an alarm is set, and when moving the first switch to a second position, the first display section can display the date, and a second switch by which the display of the second display section can be turned ON or OFF, when setting the second switch ON, the past calendar dates and temperatures corresponding to past calendar dates can be displayed, and when setting the second switch OFF, the display of the temperature by the second display is turned OFF; and

a push button means comprising a first push button for adjusting the calendar/clock of the first display section and the contents of the second display section, a second push button for adjusting the wake-up time, a third push button for stopping a buzzer to confirm that a user is awake, a fourth push button for starting the operation of the apparatus and for writing data in the memory unit, a fifth push button for moving dates backward as well as to read out the contents in the memory unit and the past basal body temperature, and a sixth push button for moving date forward as well as to display the future basal body temperatures and the estimated fertile days.