Clinical thermometer
First Claim
1. A clinical thermometer havinga housing, a temperature sensor connected to said housing, a measuring circuit disposed in said housing and including a micro controller and a data memory for recording the temperature value measured by said temperature sensor, said data memory having a storage rate, a voltage supply for powering said measuring circuit, a mode switch for switching the storage rate of said memory between a continuous operation mode, in which the temperature of a measurement location is continuously monitored, and a discontinuous operation mode, in which individual temperature measurements are recorded, and switching means for selecting the storage rate at which temperature measurement values taken in said continuous operation mode are entered into said data memory.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a clinical thermometer of a small design portable also by children, having a data memory 18 and an interface 21, by which both continually monitoring measurements and discontinued cyclic measurements as a maximum thermometer may be comfortably performed at locations which are medically established for measuring body temperature. Depending on the selected setting of the storage rate, the temperature of the measurement location is continuously monitored or cyclic individual measurements are taken. For changing the mode of operation, no extra keys or switches are necessary which would be difficult to place on a small, compact housing 14.
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1. A clinical thermometer having
a housing, a temperature sensor connected to said housing, a measuring circuit disposed in said housing and including a micro controller and a data memory for recording the temperature value measured by said temperature sensor, said data memory having a storage rate, a voltage supply for powering said measuring circuit, a mode switch for switching the storage rate of said memory between a continuous operation mode, in which the temperature of a measurement location is continuously monitored, and a discontinuous operation mode, in which individual temperature measurements are recorded, and switching means for selecting the storage rate at which temperature measurement values taken in said continuous operation mode are entered into said data memory.
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