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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1988
Filed:
May. 04, 1987
Yutaka Muramoto, Fujinomiya, JP;
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for reading temperature values displayed by a plurality of electronic clinical thermometers includes a reader for reading the displayed temperature values, a retainer for retaining the electronic clinical thermometers in such a manner that temperature display sections thereof are positioned on the reader side, and moving means for moving the retainer and reader relative to each other so that the reader reads the displayed temperature values from the thermometers. In another aspect, the apparatus includes a reader for reading temperature values displayed displayed values by a plurality of electronic clinical thermometers, a retainer for retaining the electronic clinical thermometers in such a manner that temperature display sections thereof are positioned to face the reader, information generating means for generating patient identifying information corresponding to each position at which a thermometer is held in the retainer, moving means for moving the retainer and reader relative to each other so that the reader reads the displayed values from the thermometers, and an output unit for specifying displayed values, by the patient identifying information, read by the reader, and for outputting the displayed values so specified to an external unit.