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US 10,945,611 B2Granted
Ear thermometer
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Bio Echo Net
InventorHideki Tanaka
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Abstract
A thermometer includes a probe to be fitted into an ear of a patient, the probe having an infrared sensor for measuring the temperature of an eardrum of the ear of the patient in a non-contact manner, a signal cable connected to the infrared sensor and drawn out of the probe, a gripping part provided in the probe to be gripped when the probe is inserted inside a tragus of the ear, and a groove portion provided in the gripping part to hold the signal cable in a curved state and to allow a curved portion of the signal cable to fit in and along a cavum conchae of the ear.
Claims3
A thermometer, comprising:
- a probe to be fitted into an ear hole of a patient, the probe having an infrared sensor for measuring the temperature of an eardrum of an ear of the patient in a non-contact manner;
- a signal cable connected to the infrared sensor and drawn out of the probe;
- a gripping part provided in the probe to be gripped when the probe is inserted inside a tragus of the ear;
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- a groove portion provided in the gripping part and configured so as to pinch and hold a portion of the signal cable, the groove portion pinching and holding the portion of the signal cable in a state where the signal cable is curved, and a curved portion of the signal cable accommodated in a cavum conchae of the ear so as to be laid the curved portion along the cavum conchae when the probe is fitted into the ear hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.