Patent ID: 8496597
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of providing an indication related to the fertility of a female human comprising the steps of: (i) taking multiple measured temperature readings from the female human during an extended overnight period using an intra-vaginal temperature measuring device; using a processor to process the measured temperature readings to determine at least one representative temperature reading for the overnight period, the processing comprising the steps of: (ii) identifying and disregarding measured temperature readings having one or more characteristics of irrelevant or faulty data to obtain a plurality of non-disregarded temperature readings; (iii) processing the plurality of non-disregarded temperature readings to obtain one or several representative temperature values for the extended period; (iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) over multiple extended overnight periods; and (v) analysing the representative temperature values obtained over multiple extended overnight periods for one or more patterns in the representative temperature values indicative or predictive of ovulation in order to provide information relating to the fertility of the female human to a user, wherein the representative temperature values are not the maximum or minimum temperature readings obtained for the extended period, wherein said extended overnight period is one hour or longer, and providing intervention if said information provides an indication as to whether a significant event related to the fertility of the female human has occurred.