Temperature sensing assembly
AssigneeTRP Energy Sensors, Inc.
InventorDieter Berndt
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Abstract
A temperature sensing assembly comprised of clinical thermometer including a reservoir portion disposed in a body member comprised of a shaft portion having a lip positioning element at one end and an outwardly extending flared bulbous portion at the other end for positioning within the oral cavity wherein the clinical thermometer is disposed in a channel formed in the body member whereby by reservoir portions of the clinical thermometer coextends with the bulbous portion of the body member into the oral cavity of the mammal being temperature sensed.
Claims7
Temperature sensing assembly for insertion in the oral cavity of a mammal, which comprises:
- a body member comprised of a shaft portion and a bulbous portion and having a channel formed therein, said shaft portion being cylindrically-shaped and circular in cross-section, said bulbous portion formed with a concave leading surface for engaging a tongue in said oral cavity, and extending upwardly and forwardly of said shaft portion, and
- a thermometer disposed in said channel extending outwardly from a lower position of said bulbous portion thereby positioning said thermometer below said tongue in said oral cavity whereby said bulbous portion is caused to press said tongue against said thermometer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.