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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Denis Y. Yerlikaya, Des Peres, MO (US);
Jeffrey E. Price, Wildwood, MO (US);
Inventors:
Denis Y. Yerlikaya, Des Peres, MO (US);
Jeffrey E. Price, Wildwood, MO (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Healthcare Group LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 7/00 (2006.01); G01K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic thermometer includes an automatic activating system for automatically configuring the thermometer between an active state (broadly, the thermometer is turned on) and a non-active state (broadly, the thermometer is turned off). In general the activating system includes a solid-state activating sensor, such as a Hall-effect sensor, in a housing of the thermometer and a magnet in a probe of the thermometer for activating the sensor when the probe is received in a probe well.