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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:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tetsuya Sato, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Ota, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihide Onishi, Kyoto, JP;
Taiga Sato, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
This invention is designed such that measurement can be performed only when a probe is sufficiently inserted into an external ear canal. A decision whether the probe is sufficiently inserted into the external ear canal or not is performed on the basis of a detected temperature.