Title:
EAR TYPE CLINICAL THERMOMETER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2000/076392
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An ear type clinical thermometer which allows its main body to be held using a holding method according to an ear-drum position of a person to be temperature-measured, and which comprises a main body to be held with a hand when an ear-drum temperature is to be measured, and a probe fixed to the main body while protruding from the main body and inserted into an external auditory canal of the person. The main body has a side at which the probe protrudes from the main body and a side opposite to this side, and the opposite side is formed of a curved surface having a generally constant curvature in a direction perpendicular to a reference plane containing the center axis of the probe. In addition, the main body has indexes indicating to the user a plurality of main-body-holding methods differing according to directions in which the probe is inserted into the external auditory canal of the person.
Inventors:
TABATA MAKOTO (JP)
OTA HIROYUKI (JP)
SATO TETSUYA (JP)
OTA HIROYUKI (JP)
SATO TETSUYA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2000/003781
Publication Date:
December 21, 2000
Filing Date:
June 09, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO (JP)
TABATA MAKOTO (JP)
OTA HIROYUKI (JP)
SATO TETSUYA (JP)
TABATA MAKOTO (JP)
OTA HIROYUKI (JP)
SATO TETSUYA (JP)
International Classes:
A61B5/01; G01J5/04; G01K13/00; (IPC1-7): A61B5/00; G01J5/04; G01J5/10
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1999004230A1 | 1999-01-28 | |||
| WO1994020023A1 | 1994-09-15 |
Foreign References:
| JPH0358942U | 1991-06-10 | |||
| JPH0228524A | 1990-01-30 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1190668A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sera, Kazunobu (Yokoyama Building 4-10 Higashi Nihonbashi
3-chome Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP)
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