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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, GB;
Inventors:
Fahimeh Dehkhoda, Tyne and Wear, GB;
Patrick Degenaar, Tyne and Wear, GB;
Ahmed Soltan, Tyne and Wear, GB;
Assignee:
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2006.01); G01K 7/42 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/4041 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 5/0622 (2013.01); G01K 7/427 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01); A61N 2005/067 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0612 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0627 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0652 (2013.01); G01K 2211/00 (2013.01); G01K 2217/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A temperature sensor comprising a light emitter, an electrical circuit for applying a reverse bias voltage across the light emitter and for measuring a reverse current, and means for calculating a temperature from the measured reverse current.