System for verifying temperature measurement

A system for verifying temperature calibration of a temperature sensor, comprising:

• a) a first housing;
• b) an ohmic material contained within said first housing;
• c) at least one pair of electrodes, wherein said electrodes direct an applied current through said ohmic material to heat said ohmic material;
• d) a well within said ohmic material for accepting the temperature sensor, wherein said well has an inner surface and access to said inner surface is provided through an opening in said first housing;
• e) a sleeve for separating said ohmic material from said well, wherein said sleeve defines said inner surface;
• f) a compression assembly cooperating with said ohmic material to reversibly compress said ohmic material around said well to create intimate contact between said inner surface and the temperature sensor when the temperature sensor is placed within said well;
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• g) an above-ambient reference temperature monitor maintaining a calibrated temperature within said ohmic material.

A system for verifying temperature calibration of a temperature sensor, comprising:

• a) a first housing;
• b) an ohmic material contained within a flexible casing, said flexible casing within said first housing;
• c) at least one pair of electrodes, wherein said electrodes direct an applied current through said ohmic material to heat said ohmic material;
• d) a well within said ohmic material for accepting the temperature sensor, wherein said well has an inner surface and access to said inner surface is provided through an opening in said first housing;
• e) a compression assembly partially contained within said first housing;
• said compression assembly applies an external force to said flexible casing to reversibly compress said ohmic material around said well to create intimate contact between said inner surface and the temperature sensor when the temperature sensor is placed within said well;
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• f) an above-ambient reference temperature monitor maintaining a calibrated temperature within said ohmic material.

A system for verifying temperature calibration of a temperature sensor, comprising:

• a) a first housing;
• b) an ohmic material completely contained within said first housing;
• c) at least one pair of electrodes, wherein said electrodes direct an applied current through said ohmic material to heat said ohmic material;
• d) a well within said ohmic material for accepting the temperature sensor, wherein said well has an inner surface and access to said inner surface is provided through an opening in said first housing;
• e) a compression assembly cooperating with said ohmic material to reversibly compress said ohmic material around said well to create intimate contact between said inner surface and the temperature sensor is placed within said well;
• f) an above-ambient reference temperature monitor maintaining a calibrated temperature within said ohmic material;
• g) an RFID reader proximate said opening;
• h) a control unit interfaced with said RFID reader;
• i) a data storage unit interfaced with said control unit;
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• j) wherein the temperature sensor has a shaft with an RFID tag mounted to said shaft to provide a unique identity to the temperature sensor, wherein said RFID reader reads said unique identity of said RFID tag when said shaft is inserted into said opening, wherein a temperature measured by the temperature sensor is associated with said unique identity and stored in said data storage unit.