Portable fertility tester

• US 5,639,424 A
• Filed: 11/08/1995
• Issued: 06/17/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gerald J. Rausnitz
• Original Assignee: Gerald J. Rausnitz
• Inventors: Rausnitz, Gerald J.
• Primary Examiner(s): ALEXANDER, LYLE
• Application Number:
  US08/555,360
• Time in Patent Office: 587 Days
• Field of Search: 422/61, 435/305.3, 435/305.2, 435/288.4, 359/398, 359/396, 436/808-809, 436/814, 436/906
• US Class Current: 422/430
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/0012 Ovulation-period determination for animals A61D17/002
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2010/0025 based on analysis of crystalisation structure
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/54386 Analytical elements
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/74 involving hormones or other non-cytokine intercellular protein regulatory factors such as growth factors, including receptors to hormones and growth factors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 436/809 Multifield plates or multicontainer arrays
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 436/814 Pregnancy
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 436/906 Fertility tests

Abstract

A portable fertility tester for identifying days during the menstrual cycle when a woman is most likely to conceive has a circular disc, with transparent regions indexed to each of the days of the cycle, rotatably mounted within a housing and cover. The housing and cover form a window for exposing a transparent region on the disc for depositing a saliva specimen. An ocular is provided with a magnifying lens for examining the appearance of the saliva which is indicative of fertility, and a light emitting diode is provided for backlighting the specimen during examination. The cover may be removed to allow replacement of the disc for each menstrual cycle.

Claims

1. A fertility tester comprising

a circular disc having a top, a bottom, a plurality of at least partially transparent regions concentrically disposed therealong, and a plurality of indicia corresponding to said transparent regions, each of which identifies day of woman'"'"'s menstrual cycle,

support means, on which said disc is rotatably mounted,

masking means fixedly mounted relative to said support means and covering a portion of said disc thereby preventing viewing of some of said transparent regions, said masking means further having an opening through which at least one of said transparent regions is exposed for enabling a woman to place her saliva thereon, said disc being rotatable relative to said masking means whereby any one of said transparent regions may be exposed, and

magnifier means mounted on said support means at viewing position for providing an enlarged view of the saliva on one of aid transparent regions, said masking means exposing the indicium corresponding to said one of said transparent regions both when it is at said opening and at said viewing position.

2. A fertility tester according to claim 5 further comprising illumination means mounted on said support means in alignment with said masking means opening for illuminating the saliva on said disc.

3. A fertility tester according to claim 1 wherein said support means comprises a housing, said disc being removably and rotatably mounted therein, and said masking means comprises a cover removably mounted on said housing whereby said cover partially masks said disc when said cover is mounted on said housing, and said disc can be removed from said housing when said cover is removed therefrom.

4. A fertility tester according to claim 3 wherein said housing comprises a circumferential ledge for supporting the outer circumference of the bottom of said disc.

5. A fertility tester according to claim 3 wherein said cover has a notch in its outer circumference defining said opening.