Patent ID: 7336987
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: G01J,G01K

Abstract:
1. A device for measuring the core temperature of a subject animal or human, comprising: a non-contact sensor unit for non-contact sensing of thermal emissions only from the eye of the subject, the sensor unit having a filter operable to permit only selected wavelengths of the thermal emissions to be detected, and having a detector operable to detect selected wavelengths of the thermal emissions and to generate an electrical signal corresponding to the intensity of the thermal emissions; wherein the selected wavelengths are emitted from a particular depth within the eyeball; an amplifier unit for amplifying the electrical signal from the sensor-and for producing an amplified electrical signal; a data processing unit for converting the amplified signal to raw temperature data and for determining core temperature data based on the raw temperature data; and a display for displaying the core temperature data of the subject.