Patent ID: 9357929
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of monitoring body temperature of a person, the method comprising: receiving, with a processor of a monitoring device affixed to the skin of a person, an electronic signal generated by a temperature probe of the monitoring device affixed to the skin of the person, the signal being responsive to a change in body temperature of the person to whom the temperature probe is attached; generating, by the processor of the monitoring device, a new temperature reading based on the signal; determining automatically, by the processor of the monitoring device, whether the new temperature reading satisfies a set of acceptance conditions, wherein the set of acceptance conditions comprises a first condition, a second condition, and a third condition, the first condition comprising completion of an initial stabilization in temperature readings by the monitoring device, the second condition comprising the new temperature reading being greater than a current maximum temperature reading, and the third condition comprising: accepting or rejecting, by the processor of the monitoring device, the new temperature reading based on the determination, such that inaccurate temperature readings associated with poor thermal contact of the temperature probe with the skin of the person are rejected; and wirelessly transmitting, by a wireless transceiver of the monitoring device, data indicative of the new temperature reading when the new temperature reading is accepted, wherein the completion of the initial stabilization in temperature readings is based on one of (i) a slope of a plurality of temperature readings versus time, or (ii) a predetermined period of time during which a plurality of temperature readings are made.