US 2008/0071189 A1 · Temperature Measurement Device

Abstract

A device for non-invasive measurement of the internal temperature of a physical body or thermal resistivity, the body comprising a thermally conductive medium between an internal region with a substantially constant internal temperature and an external surface with a surface temperature. The device comprises: a patch comprising one or more contact components for attachment to the external surface and an insulating cover for substantially thermally insulating the contact component from ambient thermal conditions; a reader for acquiring one or more thermal magnitudes on the patch; a processing unit for processing the thermal magnitudes to derive the internal temperature of the internal region or the thermal resistivity of the conductive medium.

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Dependent claims

A device for a non-invasive measurement of the internal temperature of a physical body or thermal resistivity, the body comprising a thermally conductive medium between an internal region with a substantially constant internal temperature and an external surface with a surface temperature, the device comprising:

a patch comprising at least one contact component for attachment to the external surface and an insulating cover for substantially thermally insulating the contact component from ambient thermal conditions;
a reader for acquiring one or more thermal magnitudes on the patch;
a processing unit for processing said at least one or more thermal magnitudes to derive the internal temperature of the internal region or the thermal resistivity of the conductive medium.

A method for non-invasively measuring the internal temperature or thermal resistivity of a physical body, the body comprising a thermally conductive medium between an internal region with a substantially constant internal temperature and an external surface with a surface temperature, the method comprising:

placing a patch comprising at least one contact component and an insulating cover with the contact component in contact with the external surface and allowing the contact component to reach a thermal steady state;
acquiring one or more thermal magnitudes on the patch using a reader;
processing with a processing unit said at least one or more thermal magnitudes to derive the internal temperature of the internal region or the thermal resistivity of the conductive medium;

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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