Temperature-measuring device with function indicator
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1. A temperature-measuring device comprising:
- a first temperature sensor;
a second temperature sensor, said first temperature sensor and said second temperature sensor being arranged opposite each other to form a dual temperature sensor, wherein one of said first temperature sensor or said second temperature sensor is in contact with a skin surface of a patient for detecting a first measured temperature value TA and the other of said first temperature sensor and said second temperature sensor is arranged opposite and detects a second measured temperature value Tb thermally coupled with the temperature in the environment of the skin surface;
an evaluating means for determining the body temperature of the patient from said first measured temperature value TA and determining whether said dual temperature sensor is in contact with said skin surface by comparing said measured temperature value TA with said measured temperature value TB and using a rate of change of said measured temperature value TA and a rate of change of said measured temperature value TB to indicate whether said dual temperature sensor is in contact with said skin surface.
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Abstract
A function indicator for a dual temperature sensor, which indicates the falling off of the sensor from the skin surface (4) of a patient. An evaluating device (2) determines the body temperature from a first measured temperature value (TA) and determines the contact of the dual temperature sensor (1) with the skin surface (4) by comparison of the measured temperature values TA and TB.
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1. A temperature-measuring device comprising:
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a first temperature sensor; a second temperature sensor, said first temperature sensor and said second temperature sensor being arranged opposite each other to form a dual temperature sensor, wherein one of said first temperature sensor or said second temperature sensor is in contact with a skin surface of a patient for detecting a first measured temperature value TA and the other of said first temperature sensor and said second temperature sensor is arranged opposite and detects a second measured temperature value Tb thermally coupled with the temperature in the environment of the skin surface; an evaluating means for determining the body temperature of the patient from said first measured temperature value TA and determining whether said dual temperature sensor is in contact with said skin surface by comparing said measured temperature value TA with said measured temperature value TB and using a rate of change of said measured temperature value TA and a rate of change of said measured temperature value TB to indicate whether said dual temperature sensor is in contact with said skin surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A temperature-measuring device comprising:
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a patient skin temperature sensor having a first thermal conductivity; an environment temperature sensor having a second thermal conductivity, said first thermal conductivity being different from said second thermal conductivity, said patient skin temperature sensor and said environment temperature sensor being arranged opposite each other, wherein said patient skin temperature sensor is in contact with the skin surface of a patient during use for detecting a patient skin measured temperature value over time and said environment temperature sensor is arranged opposite thereto and detects an environment measured temperature value over time; an evaluating device for determining the body temperature of the patient from the patient skin measured temperature value and for determining the status of the contact of the patient skin temperature sensor with the skin surface of the patient by comparing a time rate of change of the patient skin measured temperature value with a time rate of change of the environment measured temperature value, said evaluating device providing as output an alarm signal when said time rate of change of the patient skin measured temperature value is substantially equal to said time rate of change of the environment measured temperature value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A temperature-measuring method comprising the steps of:
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providing a patient skin temperature sensor with an environment temperature sensor at an opposite side; placing the patient skin temperature sensor in contact with the skin surface of a patient so the opposite side is positioned thermally coupled with the temperature in the environment of the skin surface; detecting a patient skin measured temperature value using said patient skin temperature sensor; detecting an environment measured temperature value using said environment temperature sensor; providing an evaluating device for receiving a patient skin measured temperature value and for receiving an environment measured temperature value; determining a rate of change of said patient skin measured temperature value over time with said evaluating device; determining a rate of change of said environment measured temperature value over time with said evaluating device; comparing said rate of change of said patient skin measured temperature with said environment measured temperature; determining a status of the contact of said patient skin temperature sensor with the skin surface of the patient based on said comparison of said rate of change of said patient skin measured temperature and said rate of change of said environment measured temperature. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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