ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,238, issued on April 29, was assigned to SHEN ZHEN UNIVERSITY (Guangdong, China).
"Body temperature measuring probe, body temperature measuring device and body temperature measuring method" was invented by Jilun Ye (Guangdong, China) and Xu Zhang (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body temperature measuring probe comprises a temperature sensor, a heating assembly and a position control assembly; the position control assembly controls contact or separation between the heating assembly and temperature sensor. A method for measuring body temperature comprises: starting the temperature sensor; preheating the body temperatu...