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Clinical thermometer for women
Assignee: Nishitomo Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-10-16
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Granted: 1992-08-11
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Expires: 2010-10-16
Abstract
Abstract A clinical thermometer for women having processing function to determine day of ovulation accurately and also having function to memorize the data for several menstruation periods and to display the data when desired to guide exact diagnosis.
Inventors
- 👤 Kinji Nishimura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 00:19
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B10/00; A61B10/0012; G; G01; G01K; G01K7/00; A61B2010/0019
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
A clinical thermometer for women comprising in combination: a microprocessor including calendar means for refreshing stored date data at the lapse of each 24 hours based on real time and for outputting such real time date data of month, day and time to related portions of the thermometer; detecting means connected to said microprocessor for detecting basal body temperature of a woman user; body temperature memory means for storing the detected body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means, display means for graphically displaying the stored basal body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means; memo item input means for receiving medical data of the woman user with respect to her conception and for inputting such medical data for use in the diagnosis of her conception; memo item memory means for memorizing respective data input from the memory item input means at its occurrence together with the output data of the calendar means, and memo item display means for indicating data corresponding to the respective occurred items stored in the memo item memory means together with the output data of the calendar means, and for displaying said memo item data together with the output of the calendar means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
206 words
A clinical thermometer for women comprising in combination: a microprocessor including calendar means for refreshing stored date data at the lapse of each 24 hours based on real time and for outputting such real time date data of month, day and time to related portions of the thermometer; detecting means connected to said microprocessor for detecting basal body temperature of a woman user; body temperature memory means for storing the detected body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means, display means for graphically displaying the stored basal body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means; memo item input means for receiving medical data of the woman user with respect to her conception and for inputting such medical data for use in the diagnosis of her conception; memo item memory means for memorizing respective data input from the memory item input means at its occurrence together with the output data of the calendar means, and memo item display means for indicating data corresponding to the respective occurred items stored in the memo item memory means together with the output data of the calendar means, and for displaying said memo item data together with the output of the calendar means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The clinical thermometer for women described in claim 1 including in combination, printing means for printing out said basal body temperature memorized in said body temperature memory means together with the data relating to the memo items and the output data of the calendar means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A clinical thermometer for women as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the predetermined memo items are bleeding, menorrhagia, discharge, intercourse, fever, and doping such as an ovulation stimulator.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
343 words
A clinical thermometer for women as described in claim 1, wherein the thermometer further comprises; initial day of menstruation input means for providing an input representing the initial day of the menstruation of the user woman at each menstruation period, initial day of menstruation memory means for storing the initial day of menstruation input information from said initial day of menstruation memory means together with the output data of said calendar means, standard body temperature calculation means for calculating standard body temperature of the user based on said basal body temperature stored in said body temperature memory means together with the output data of said calendar means, the standard body temperature being an average temperature of an average basal body temperature in a low temperature period and in a high temperature period of the present menstruation period of the user woman, first logic means in said microprocessor for detecting a situation of several continuous days of high body temperature that is higher than said standard body temperature calculated by said standard body temperature calculation means and higher than the lowest temperature of a relevant menstruation period over a predetermined number of days including the same day, second logic means for detecting the lapse of a predetermined number of days counted from the initial day of the present menstruation period, ovulation day judging means for judging as the ovulation day when both the first and second logic means judge the predetermined condition and that a predetermined number of days from the present day is an ovulation day, pregnancy judging means for judging the pregnancy condition of the user woman after judging the ovulation day by said ovulation day judging means and furthermore after the low temperature period of the present menstruation period of the woman occurrence of more than a predetermined number of days of high temperature period of the present menstruation period as being a pregnancy condition of the user woman, and a pregnancy condition indicating means for indicating the pregnancy condition when the pregnancy condition is judged by said pregnancy judging means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
592 words
A clinical thermometer for women comprising in combination, a microprocessor including calendar means for refreshing stored date data at the lapse of each 24 hours based on real time and for outputting such real time date data for month, day and time to related portions of the thermometer; detecting means connected to said microprocessor for detecting basal body temperature of a woman; body temperature memory means for storing the detected body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means, display means for graphically displaying stored basal body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means; memo item input means for receiving medical data of the woman with respect to her conception and for inputting such medical data for use in the diagnosis of her conception; memo item memory means for memorizing respective data input from the memo item input means at its occurrence together with the output data of the calendar means, and memo item display means for indicating data corresponding to the respective occurred items stored in the memo item memory means together with the output data of the calendar means, and for displaying said memo item data together with the output of the calendar means; wherein the thermometer further comprises; initial day of menstruation input means for providing an input representing the initial day of the menstruation of said woman at each of menstruation period, initial day of menstruation memory means for storing the initial day of menstruation information provided by said initial day of menstruation input means together with the output data of said calendar means, standard body temperature calculation means for calculating standard body temperature based on said basal body temperature stored in the body temperature memory means together with the output data of the calendar means, the standard body temperature being an average temperature of an average basal body temperature in a low temperature period and that in a high temperature period of the present menstruation period of the user woman, first logic means in said microprocessor for detecting a situation of several continuous days of high body temperature that is higher than said standard body temperature calculated by said standard body temperature calculation means and higher than the lowest temperature of a relevant menstruation period over a predetermined number of days including the same day, second logic means for detecting the lapse of a predetermined number of days counted from the initial day of the present menstruation period, ovulation day judging means for judging as the ovulation day when both the first and second logic means indicate the predetermined condition and that a predetermined number of days from the present day is an ovulation day, pregnancy judging means for judging the pregnancy condition of the user woman after judging the ovulation day by said ovulation day judging means and furthermore after the low temperature period of the present menstruation period of the woman occurrence of more than a predetermined number of days of high temperature period of the present menstruation period as being a pregnancy condition of the woman, a pregnancy condition indicating means for indicating the pregnancy condition when the pregnancy condition is judged by said pregnancy judging means, due date calculating means for calculating the due date when the pregnancy condition is judged by the pregnancy condition judging means by counting a predetermined number of days from the ovulation day judged by said ovulation day judging means as the first day, and due date indicating means for indicating the due date calculated by said due date calculating means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
592 words
A clinical thermometer for women comprising in combination, a microprocessor including calendar means for refreshing stored date data at the lapse of each 24 hours based on real time and for outputting such real time date data for month, day and time to related portions of the thermometer; detecting means connected to said microprocessor for detecting basal body temperature of a woman; body temperature memory means for storing the detected body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means, display means for graphically displaying stored basal body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means; memo item input means for receiving medical data of the woman with respect to her conception and for inputting such medical data for use in the diagnosis of her conception; memo item memory means for memorizing respective data input from the memo item input means at its occurrence together with the output data of the calendar means, and memo item display means for indicating data corresponding to the respective occurred items stored in the memo item memory means together with the output data of the calendar means, and for displaying said memo item data together with the output of the calendar means; wherein the thermometer further comprises; initial day of menstruation input means for providing an input representing the initial day of the menstruation of said woman at each of menstruation period, initial day of menstruation memory means for storing the initial day of menstruation information provided by said initial day of menstruation input means together with the output data of said calendar means, standard body temperature calculation means for calculating standard body temperature based on said basal body temperature stored in the body temperature memory means together with the output data of the calendar means, the standard body temperature being an average temperature of an average basal body temperature in a low temperature period and that in a high temperature period of the present menstruation period of the user woman, first logic means in said microprocessor for detecting a situation of several continuous days of high body temperature that is higher than said standard body temperature calculated by said standard body temperature calculation means and higher than the lowest temperature of a relevant menstruation period over a predetermined number of days including the same day, second logic means for detecting the lapse of a predetermined number of days counted from the initial day of the present menstruation period, ovulation day judging means for judging as the ovulation day when both the first and second logic means indicate the predetermined condition and that a predetermined number of days from the present day is an ovulation day, pregnancy judging means for judging the pregnancy condition of the user woman after judging the ovulation day by said ovulation day judging means and furthermore after the low temperature period of the present menstruation period of the woman occurrence of more than a predetermined number of days of high temperature period of the present menstruation period as being a pregnancy condition of the woman, a pregnancy condition indicating means for indicating the pregnancy condition when the pregnancy condition is judged by said pregnancy judging means, due date calculating means for calculating the due date when the pregnancy condition is judged by the pregnancy condition judging means by counting a predetermined number of days from the ovulation day judged by said ovulation day judging means as the first day, and due date indicating means for indicating the due date calculated by said due date calculating means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
A clinical thermometer for women as described in claim 5 comprising in combination, printing means for printing out the data concerning pregnancy condition when said user woman is judged to be in a pregnancy condition by the pregnancy condition judging means together with the due date calculated by said due date calculating means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
A clinical thermometer for women as described in claim 5 or 6, wherein in the due date calculating means for calculating the due date takes the ovulation day judged by said ovulation day judging means as the first day and 226th day thereafter as being the due date.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
396 words
A clinical thermometer for women comprising in combination, a microprocessor including calendar means for refreshing stored date data at the lapse of each 24 hours based on real time and for outputting such real time date data for month, day and time to related portions of the thermometer, detecting means connected to said microprocessor for detecting basal body temperature of a woman; body temperature memory means for storing the detected body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means, display means for graphically displaying stored basal body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means; initial day of menstruation input means for providing an input representing the initial day of the menstruation of said woman at each of menstruation period, initial day of menstruation memory means for storing the initial day of menstruation information provided by said initial day of menstruation input means together with the output data of the calendar means, standard body temperature calculation means for calculating standard body temperature based on said basal body temperature memorized in the body temperature memory means together with the output data of the calendar means, the standard body temperature being an average temperature of an average basal body temperature in a low temperature period and that in a high temperature period of the present menstruation period of the user woman, first logic means for detecting a situation of several continuous days of high body temperature that is higher than said standard body temperature calculated by said standard body temperature calculation means and higher than the lowest temperature of a relevant menstruation period over a predetermined number of days including the same day, second logic means for detecting the lapse of a predetermined number of days counted from the initial day of present menstruation period, ovulation day judging means for judging as the ovulation day when both the first and second logic means have detected the predetermined condition and that a predetermined number of days from the present day is an ovulation day, birth control term setting means for setting as a birth control period taking the ovulation day determined by said ovulation day judging means and the period bridging predetermined days prior and after the ovulation day, and birth control term indicating means on said thermometer for indicating said birth control term as set by said birth control term setting means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
396 words
A clinical thermometer for women comprising in combination, a microprocessor including calendar means for refreshing stored date data at the lapse of each 24 hours based on real time and for outputting such real time date data for month, day and time to related portions of the thermometer, detecting means connected to said microprocessor for detecting basal body temperature of a woman; body temperature memory means for storing the detected body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means, display means for graphically displaying stored basal body temperature together with the output date data of said calendar means; initial day of menstruation input means for providing an input representing the initial day of the menstruation of said woman at each of menstruation period, initial day of menstruation memory means for storing the initial day of menstruation information provided by said initial day of menstruation input means together with the output data of the calendar means, standard body temperature calculation means for calculating standard body temperature based on said basal body temperature memorized in the body temperature memory means together with the output data of the calendar means, the standard body temperature being an average temperature of an average basal body temperature in a low temperature period and that in a high temperature period of the present menstruation period of the user woman, first logic means for detecting a situation of several continuous days of high body temperature that is higher than said standard body temperature calculated by said standard body temperature calculation means and higher than the lowest temperature of a relevant menstruation period over a predetermined number of days including the same day, second logic means for detecting the lapse of a predetermined number of days counted from the initial day of present menstruation period, ovulation day judging means for judging as the ovulation day when both the first and second logic means have detected the predetermined condition and that a predetermined number of days from the present day is an ovulation day, birth control term setting means for setting as a birth control period taking the ovulation day determined by said ovulation day judging means and the period bridging predetermined days prior and after the ovulation day, and birth control term indicating means on said thermometer for indicating said birth control term as set by said birth control term setting means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A clinical thermometer for women as described in claim 8 comprising in combination, printing means for printing out said birth control term.
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