US5392031A
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Electronic clinical thermometer
Assignee: Terumo Corp
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Filing: 1993-03-12
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Granted: 1995-02-21
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Expires: 2013-03-12
Abstract
Abstract An electronic clinical thermometer which detects temperature of a measured part and determines equilibrium temperature by prediction calculation based on change of the detected temperature. One of classified temperature rise data groups is selected based on the change of the detected temperature and one of prediction equations and a set of prediction parameters are designated in accordance with the selected data group. The selected data group can be changed based on change of the detected temperature in a predetermined period after the selection of data group. Further, reliability of the measurement is judged based on the detected or predicted temperature and the predicted value can be corrected if the reliability is insufficient.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Toriumi
- 👤 Makoto Ikeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 05:53
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01K; G01K7/00; G01K7/42
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
An electronic clinical thermometer which detects temperature of a measured portion and calculates an equilibrium temperature as a predicted temperature based on a change of the detected temperature in transition of temperature measurement time, comprising: selection means for selecting a data group from among a plurality of classified temperature rise data groups based on a change of the detected temperature in an initial transition of temperature measurement time, and then selecting a prediction equation or a set of prediction parameters in accordance with said selected data group; change means for changing the data group selected by said selection means based on a change of the detected temperature in a transition of predetermined temperature measurement time after the data group has been selected; means for notifying that reliability of the detected temperature is insufficient; and correction means for, if the change means cannot change the data group when changing is necessary, correcting the predicted equilibrium temperature.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
An electronic clinical thermometer which detects temperature of a measured portion and calculates an equilibrium temperature as a predicted temperature based on a change of the detected temperature in transition of temperature measurement time, comprising: selection means for selecting a data group from among a plurality of classified temperature rise data groups based on a change of the detected temperature in an initial transition of temperature measurement time, and then selecting a prediction equation or a set of prediction parameters in accordance with said selected data group; change means for changing the data group selected by said selection means based on a change of the detected temperature in a transition of predetermined temperature measurement time after the data group has been selected; means for notifying that reliability of the detected temperature is insufficient; and correction means for, if the change means cannot change the data group when changing is necessary, correcting the predicted equilibrium temperature.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 1, wherein said change means changes the data group if the predicted temperature monotone-increases or monotone-decreases.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 1, said change means changes the data group before or during the prediction of temperature at least once periodically or not-periodically.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 1, wherein said correction means corrects the predicted equilibrium temperature by adding or subtracting a constant value or a value corresponding to a change of the detected temperature with respect to the predicted equilibrium temperature.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 1, wherein said correction means corrects the predicted equilibrium temperature based on a past predicted equilibrium temperature.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 1, wherein said correction means corrects the predicted equilibrium temperature by correcting the detected temperature based on a past detected temperature.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 1, wherein said notifying means further includes: judgement means for judging reliability of measurement based on the detected temperature; and notification means for, if said judgement means judges that the reliability of measurement is insufficient, providing notification of the insufficient reliability of measurement.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
135 words
An electronic clinical thermometer which detects temperature of a measured portion and calculates an equilibrium temperature as a predicted temperature based on a change of the detected temperature in transition of temperature measurement time, comprising: selection means for selecting a data group from among a plurality of classified temperature rise data groups based on a change of the detected temperature in an initial transition of temperature measurement time, and then selecting a prediction equation or a set of prediction parameters in accordance with said selected data group; means for notifying that reliability of the detected temperature is insufficient; and change means for changing the data group selected by said selection means based on a change of the detected temperature in a transition of a predetermined temperature measurement time after the data group has been selected.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
135 words
An electronic clinical thermometer which detects temperature of a measured portion and calculates an equilibrium temperature as a predicted temperature based on a change of the detected temperature in transition of temperature measurement time, comprising: selection means for selecting a data group from among a plurality of classified temperature rise data groups based on a change of the detected temperature in an initial transition of temperature measurement time, and then selecting a prediction equation or a set of prediction parameters in accordance with said selected data group; means for notifying that reliability of the detected temperature is insufficient; and change means for changing the data group selected by said selection means based on a change of the detected temperature in a transition of a predetermined temperature measurement time after the data group has been selected.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 8, wherein said change means changes the data group if the predicted temperature monotone-increases or monotone-decreases.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 8, wherein said change means changes the data group before or during the prediction of temperature at least once periodically or not-periodically.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
50 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 8, wherein said notifying means further includes: judgement means for judging reliability of measurement based on the detected temperature; and notification means for, if said judgement means judges that the reliability of measurement is insufficient, providing notification of the insufficient reliability of measurement.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
42 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 8, wherein said correction means corrects the predicted equilibrium temperature by adding or subtracting a constant value or a value corresponding to a change of the detected temperature with respect to the predicted equilibrium temperature.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 8, wherein said correction means corrects the predicted equilibrium temperature based on a past predicted equilibrium temperature.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
The electronic clinical thermometer according to claim 8, wherein said correction means corrects the predicted equilibrium temperature by correcting the detected temperature based on a past detected temperature.
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