Patent ID: 8079756
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: A01K,A61B,A61D,G01J,G01K

Abstract:
1. A temperature patch comprising: a supporting portion; an infrared target disposed within said supporting portion for receiving thermal energy from a skin surface region of a mammal and for emitting infrared radiation according to a known emissivity property, when the target is placed onto the skin surface region, in which the characteristics of infrared radiation emitted by the target substantially correspond to the temperature of the surface region; an insulator disposed upon said supporting portion and radially coextensive with an outer edge of said infrared target; means for selectively maintaining the target in a position on said supporting portion, enabling said target to be sufficiently proximate to the skin surface region to enable thermal energy therefrom to be received; and indicia fixedly disposed on said temperature patch, said indicia identifying at least one of said temperature patch and said mammal.