Patent ID: 7021824

Claim:
A thermometry apparatus comprising: a housing having a formed internal cavity; an elongate probe that includes at least one temperature responsive element; a removable isolation chamber sized for receiving said elongate probe, said isolation chamber being selectively insertable into and removable from said internal housing cavity and said elongate probe being sized for fitting into an elongate enclosed cavity of said isolation chamber; a shroud assembly having a bottom end disposed within said housing cavity into which at least a portion of said isolation chamber is received; a first switch assembly that is enabled when said isolation chamber is inserted into said shroud assembly, said shroud assembly being attached to said first switch assembly and to a circuit board; and a second switch assembly which is enabled when said probe is removed from said isolation chamber that is provided in said housing cavity, said first and second switch assemblies being interconnected such that said thermometry apparatus is not powered unless said first switch assembly and said second switch assembly are each enabled.