Patent ID: 6347634
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method of predicting whether a woman will conceive either a male child or a female child, comprising the steps of:(a) determining an infrared body temperature of the father using data obtained by a medical thermograph; (b) determining an infrared body temperature of the mother using data obtained by the medical thermograph; (c) categorizing the determined infrared body temperatures of the mother and the father as either â€œhighâ€  or â€œlowâ€  according to a predetermined categorization criteria; (d) correlating the infared body temperatures of the mother and the father according to the categorization criteria wherein: (i) in the case of high temperature for both the mother and the father, the probability of a male child is greater than the probability of a female child; (ii) in the case of high temperature for one of the mother or the father and low temperature for the other of the mother or the father, the probability of a male child is greater than the probability of a female child; and (iii) in the case of low temperature for both the mother and the father, the probability of a male child is less than the probability of a female child.