公开(公告)号：US20020068876A1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-06

申请号：US09957642

申请日：2001-09-20

Applicant: Exergen Corporation

Inventor： Francesco Pompei ,  Marybeth A. Pompei

IPC: A61B005/00

CPC classification number: G01J5/02 ,  G01J5/0022 ,  G01J5/0025 ,  G01J5/021 ,  G01J5/025 ,  G01J5/026 ,  G01J5/04 ,  G01J5/046 ,  G01J5/08 ,  G01J5/089

Abstract: A disposable cap for a body temperature detector includes a body having a viewing end and a retaining end. The retaining end includes an inward protrusion that expands over a wider portion of an end of the detector and contracts after the retaining end has passed over the wider portion to snugly secure the cap on the detector. The cap further includes a flange with an aperture therethrough adjacent the viewing end to permit a radiation sensor of the detector to view a target surface. Preferably, the cap is sufficiently large so as to not be insertable into an ear of a human. The cap is formed from a sheet of material, preferably by thermoforming, from a material such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, or other similar material which has relatively low hardness and low thermal conductivity properties. The cap has a generally uniform thickness of about 0.020 inch.

Abstract translation: 用于体温检测器的一次性盖包括具有观察端和保持端的主体。 保持端包括向内突起，其在检测器的端部的较宽部分上膨胀，并且在保持端已经越过较宽部分之后收缩，以将盖紧贴在检测器上。 帽还包括具有邻近观察端的孔的凸缘，以允许检测器的辐射传感器观察目标表面。 优选地，盖子足够大以便不能插入人的耳朵。 该帽由优选通过热成型的材料片形成，该材料由诸如聚丙烯，聚乙烯，聚苯乙烯或其它具有相对较低硬度和低导热性能的类似材料制成。 盖具有约0.020英寸的大致均匀的厚度。