Electronic clinical thermometer
First Claim
1. An electronic clinical thermometer for making temperature measurement on a body surface, comprising:
- a flexible substrate;
an electronic circuit, mounted on said flexible substrate, including a temperature-responsive element making surface-to-surface contact with said flexible substrate and a signal extracting portion having signal pins;
a flexible, heat-insulative covering member for surrounding said electronic circuit and said flexible substrate except for one surface of said temperature-responsive element and the signal pins of said signal extracting portion and for sealing remaining elements of said electronic clinical thermometer from ambient air; and
adhesive means, peripherally extending from said temperature-responsive element on an outer surface of said covering member, for maintaining contact and position between the one surface of said temperature-responsive element and the body surface.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an electronic clinical thermometer at least the temperature sensing portion of which, or the entire thermometer, has a flexible structure which adapts itself to any part of a body surface for automatically measuring body temperature or body surface temperature over an extended period of time. Preferably, the thermometer includes a power supply battery and a temperature measuring and storing circuit for storing in memory temperature data obtained by sensing temperature at a predetermined period by means of a temperature-responsive portion, reading out the temperature data stored in the memory in response to an externally applied data-read request, and outputting the temperature data to an external unit from a prescribed signal extracting portion. These elements are mounted on a flexible circuit board. The entirety of the electronic clinical thermometer, with the exception of the temperature-responsive portion and the signal extracting portion, is sealed and covered by a flexible, heat-insulative covering member.
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6 Claims
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1. An electronic clinical thermometer for making temperature measurement on a body surface, comprising:
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a flexible substrate; an electronic circuit, mounted on said flexible substrate, including a temperature-responsive element making surface-to-surface contact with said flexible substrate and a signal extracting portion having signal pins; a flexible, heat-insulative covering member for surrounding said electronic circuit and said flexible substrate except for one surface of said temperature-responsive element and the signal pins of said signal extracting portion and for sealing remaining elements of said electronic clinical thermometer from ambient air; and adhesive means, peripherally extending from said temperature-responsive element on an outer surface of said covering member, for maintaining contact and position between the one surface of said temperature-responsive element and the body surface.
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2. An electronic clinical thermometer, comprising:
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a flexible substrate; an electronic circuit mounted on said flexible substrate, including a temperature-responsive element making surface-to-surface contact with said flexible substrate; a signal extracting portion having a signaling port; temperature sensing means for sensing temperature from change in status of said temperature-responsive element; a memory for storing a plurality of temperature data at addresses from zero to N; counter means for cyclically addressing said memory from a zero address to an N address; measurement control means for detecting temperature at a predetermined period by said temperature sensing means, successively storing the temperature data in said memory, and stopping storing of the temperature data in response to designation of the N address by said counter means; and read-out means for successively outputting the temperature data in said memory via the signaling port of said signal extracting portion; and a flexible, heat-insulative covering member for surrounding said electronic circuit and said flexible substrate except for one surface of said temperature-responsive element and the signaling port of said signal extracting portion and for sealing remaining elements of said electronic clinical thermometer from ambient air. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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