Patent ID: 11874173
Assignee: EXERGEN CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 24:
25. A method of detecting inflammation comprising:
providing a temperature detector comprising:
a radiation sensor which views a surface area of a body and provides a radiation sensor output;
an ambient temperature sensor which provides an ambient temperature sensor output;
electronics coupled to the radiation sensor and the ambient temperature sensor which compute a normalized surface temperature of the surface area of the body as a function of the radiation sensor output, the ambient temperature sensor output, and a specified ambient temperature for normalization; and
a display configured to display the computed normalized surface temperature;

obtaining a first normalized surface temperature of a first surface area with the temperature detector;
obtaining a second normalized surface temperature of a second surface area with the temperature detector;
comparing the first normalized surface temperature and the second normalized temperature to obtain an indication of inflammation in at least one of the first surface area and the second surface area.