Patent ID: 7651265

Claim:
An infrared clinical thermometer, which is capable of measuring an ear temperature and a forehead temperature comprising: a body; an ear temperature button on said body; a forehead temperature button on said body; a temperature sensing unit at one end of said body and having an infrared sensor therein for detecting infrared radiation ; a microprocessor coupled to said ear temperature button, said forehead temperature button and said infrared sensor, wherein when said ear temperature button or said forehead temperature button is pressed, said infrared sensor performs an ear temperature measurement or a forehead temperature measurement; a slide rail on said body and having a first blocker and a second blocker, wherein said first blocker is closer to said temperature sensing unit than said second blocker is, and said ear temperature button, said forehead temperature button, said first blocker and said second blocker are on a same surface of said body; and a slide cover having an opening at a front end thereof, sliding on said slide rail between said first blocker and second blocker, covering said ear temperature button and revealing said forehead temperature button with said temperature sensing unit inside said opening when sliding to said first blocker, covering said forehead temperature button and revealing said ear temperature button with said temperature sensing unit emerging from said opening when sliding to said second blocker.