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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Weiss, Mt. Sinai, NY (US);
Donald S Malin, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Micro Idea Instruments, Ltd., Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K / ; G01K / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
374163 ; 374142 ; 600549 ; 349 69 ; 349199 ;
Abstract
A digital fever thermometer includes a backlit LCD display, which may act as a non-audible annunciator indicating that a stable temperature has been achieved. The digital fever thermometer includes a photo detector and a single mode-select switch to determine when the backlight should be enabled. When the backlight is enabled, the thermometer activates the backlight, indicating that a temperature reading is complete.