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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160836 | Wireless transmission of temperature data for a geographic area A user obtains an individual's body temperature data and transmits the data to a medical monitor (e.g., a medical device) for display. Additional data includes a timestamp and location of the body temperature data. Once the data is transmitted, a user may view the m... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8140294 | Temperature estimations in a blood glucose measuring device Methods of estimating the temperature of a reaction site on a measurement strip in a blood glucose measuring devices are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes determining an activation initiation time, an activation duration time, a thermal magnitude and a ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7813889 | Guiding IR temperature measuring device with probe cover The invention relates to an Infrared (IR) thermometer including an IR detector configured to provide an IR emission data representative of a temperature of an area of tissue. The IR thermometer also includes one or more secondary sensors configured to provide an IR ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7725286 | Device and method for measuring the body temperature of a living being A device for measuring the body temperature of a living being is provided with a sensor housing containing a first temperature sensor which can be placed on the skin of the body for detecting the skin temperature of the living being, a second temperature sensor arra... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7716005 | Smart insole for diabetic patients This invention is a temperature-based smart insole capable of continuously or intermittently measuring the foot temperature of the patient at one or more locations of the foot while the insole is worn. The device provides feedback to the patient alerting the individ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7400945 | On-die temperature monitoring in semiconductor devices to limit activity overload Thermal control for a controller in a data processing environment is described. In one embodiment, the invention includes detecting a temperature of a semiconductor device at a thermal sensor on the semiconductor device, comparing the detected temperature to a thres... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7372717 | Methods for resistive memory element sensing using averaging A system for determining the logic state of a resistive memory cell element, for example an MRAM resistive cell element. The system includes a controlled voltage supply, an electronic charge reservoir, a current source, and a pulse counter. The controlled voltage su... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7336153 | Wireless temperature monitoring for an electronics system A method of monitoring an electronics system comprises obtaining temperature information via at least one component of the electronics system, and communicating the temperature information from the at least one component to a manager of the electronics system via a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318004 | Temperature prediction system and method A thermometer system and method that rapidly predict body temperature based on the temperature signals received from a temperature sensing probe when it comes into contact with the body. A nonlinear, multi-parameter curve fitting process is performed and depending o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314309 | Ambient and perfusion normalized temperature detector A body temperature detector is particularly suited to axillary temperature measurements of adults. The radiation sensor views a target surface area of the body and electronics compute an internal temperature of the body as a function of ambient temperature and sense... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304848 | Apparatus for performance testing of heat dissipating modules An apparatus (10) for performance testing of heat dissipating modules (19) includes an enclosure (11) configured for receiving the heat dissipating module therein, a vertically movable platform (13) for supporting the enclosure thereon, a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293915 | Assembly method and structure of an electronic clinical thermometer An assembly method and structure of an electronic clinical thermometer is disclosed. The thermometer can be disassembled or assembled as required, wherein one of the detachable modules such as the measuring body has an incomplete electronic clinical thermometer circ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289927 | Method and apparatus for the monitoring of body temperature and/or blood flow A method and apparatus for estimating a body temperature and/or an ambient air temperature and/or blood flow. The method and apparatus acquire values indicative of temperature from two or more sensors. Some of the sensors being in thermal contact with a surface of t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284904 | Electronic clinical thermometer An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a temperature sensor and a heat flux sensor which are controlled to make measurements at specified time intervals. The measured values are used in solving the equation of heat conduction to estimate the temper... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275866 | Digital thermometer A digital thermometer; having an thermometer body comprises a processing unit serves to integrate the signals of the digital thermometer and sets some operations; the processing unit calculating temperature from the heating sensing unit and then transfers temperatur... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7260506 | Orthogonalization and directional filtering Systems and methods are provided for directionally filtering signals by projecting a received signal onto a subspace substantially orthogonal to selected interfering signals. The received signal typically comprises at least one signal of interest, at least one selec... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246939 | Measurement of thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity, specific heat, specific absorption rate, thermal power, heat transfer coefficient, heat of reaction and membrane permeability by nuclear magnetic resonance This invention utilizes the nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy to experimentally measure thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity, specific heat, specific absorption rate, thermal power, heat transfer coefficient, heat of reaction and the membrane ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239974 | Explosive device detection based on differential emissivity Techniques for monitoring thermal emissivity levels of human traffic within a plurality of sections of a zone of interest are presented. The thermal emissivity levels are monitored using an infrared detector with sensitivity range of less than fifty milliKelvin, and... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231307 | Temperature measuring apparatus, and temperature correction processing device In some embodiments, a temperature measuring apparatus is provided with a light receiving portion having a plurality of light receiving units for measuring heat quantity of divided temperature detecting area in a noncontact manner, a thermal sensor for detecting tem... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7194646 | Real-time thermal management for computers A real-time thermal management apparatus and method for a computer employs a monitor (40) to determine whether a CPU may rest based upon real-time sampling of temperature levels and CPU activity levels within the computer. The monitor activates a hardware sel... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7174268 | Wireless measuring device A wireless measuring device 1 is provided which includes a plurality of child units 2 and a parent unit 3 to receive data measured by these child units 2 by wireless communication. Each of the child units 2 has a controlling sectio... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7133307 | Resistive memory element sensing using averaging A system for determining the logic state of a resistive memory cell element, for example an MRAM resistive cell element. The system includes a controlled voltage supply, an electronic charge reservoir, a current source, and a pulse counter. The controlled voltage su... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7075537 | Apparatus for measuring a biological parameter equipped with a graphic representation display The invention concerns an apparatus for measuring a biological parameter of an individual comprising measuring means, means for storing and/or for computing values of said parameter connected to a display (3) for graphic representation of the measured paramet... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7044919 | Test methods, devices and test kits A method for determining the time of maximum fertility in the mammalian ovulation cycle, for the purpose of assisting conception, wherein testing is conducted over a period of days in the current ovulation cycle on samples of body fluid obtained from an individual h... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021824 | Switch assembly for thermometry apparatus A thermometry apparatus includes a housing that receives a probe having at least one temperature responsive element within an isolation chamber that is preferably removable from the housing. A switch assembly determines the presence of the isolation chamber in the h... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020508 | Apparatus for detecting human physiological and contextual information A detecting apparatus includes a housing support section(s), a housing removably attached thereto, one or more sensors and a processor. An alternate apparatus measures heat flux and includes a known resistivity base member, a processing unit and two temperature meas... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6939038 | Electronic ear thermometer with multiple measurement and memory function A multiple measurement memory-type electronic thermometer includes an ear temperature measuring unit, a microprocessor, a keypad unit, a display unit, and a memory unit. The ear temperature measuring unit, the display unit, and the memory unit are controlled by the ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6890096 | Electronic clinical thermometer An electronic clinical thermometer has a probe including a temperature sensor and a heat flux sensor which are controlled to make measurements at specified time intervals. The measured values are used in solving the equation of heat conduction to estimate the temper... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6847913 | Ambulatory surface skin temperature monitor An ambulatory skin temperature monitoring system. A flexible band is attachable to a patient. The flexible band also secures an electronics assembly that comprises the various electrical components that monitor and operate the ambulatory skin temperature monitoring ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6839651 | Probe tip thermal isolation and fast prediction algorithm A prediction type electronic thermometer having an actively controlled heater element thermally isolating the probe tip from the probe shaft. Rapid and accurate temperature measurements are made using predictive algorithms. Control circuitry reads input from the tem... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6829555 | Method and arrangement for monitoring the emissions during operation of a supply vessel for supplying a volatile medium including a fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle A method monitors the emissions of a supply vessel storing a volatile medium during operation including a fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle. A tightness check of the supply vessel is carried out from time-to-time. The temperature of the medium is determined based ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6826456 | System and method for controlling server chassis cooling fans A system and method for controlling server chassis cooling fans includes monitoring operating temperatures associated with each of a plurality of temperature sensors. The temperature sensors may be coupled with a plurality of respective server processing cards. In a... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6816802 | Object growth control system and method An object growth control system and method are provided. The object growth control system includes a weighting unit, a growth state analyzer, and an object operation controller. The weighting unit detects external environments and a user's state, loads weights on pr... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6701272 | Method and apparatus for optimizing thermal solutions A method and apparatus are provided for obtaining throttle settings of a system, such as a chipset. A first bandwidth may be applied to a first area (or interface) of the system and a temperature of the first area may be sensed using a thermal sensor. The... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6604050 | System, method and biosensor apparatus for data communications with a personal data assistant A system, method and biosensor apparatus are provided for data communications with a personal data assistant. The biosensor apparatus includes a sensor for receiving a user sample to be measured and a microcontroller for performing a predefined test seque... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601010 | Force plate actometer A force plate actometer apparatus (30) is provided which is designed for the efficient and accurate testing of in vivo subjects (e.g., rats and mice) under the influence of drugs or other stimuli, and permits simultaneous determination of a number of attr... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6584425 | Smart thermometer A smart thermometer distributed system comprising a thermometer with a screen that allows one to enter a variety of data for the thermometer. The thermometer is connected to a computer and to a network and can retrieve from a history data base information... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6571200 | Monitoring caloric expenditure resulting from body activity Apparatus for monitoring the caloric expenditure rate of a subject, comprising: a caloric expenditure rate detector for detecting and measuring the caloric expenditure rate of the subject; a body activity detector for detecting and measuring the body acti... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6550686 | Vehicle air conditioning system with non-contact temperature sensor In a vehicle air conditioning system, a non-contact temperature sensor having plural temperature detecting elements is disposed to detect a predetermined region within a passenger compartment. The plural temperature detecting elements are constructed by p... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6499877 | Ambient and perfusion normalized temperature detector A body temperature detector is particularly suited to axillary temperature measurements of adults. The radiation sensor views a target surface area of the body and electronics compute an internal temperature of the body as a function of ambient temperatur... | 12/31/2002 |
