Patent ID: 8267577

Claim:
An ear thermometer provided with a probe connected to a measuring apparatus, characterized in that: the probe includes a probe body and a temperature measuring part joined with the probe body; the probe body is substantially formed in an L-shaped cylinder, a first end thereof being connected through a cable to the measuring apparatus, a second end thereof being joined with the temperature measuring part; the temperature measuring part includes a flange coupled with the probe body and a front end part extending from the flange, the front end part incorporating a sensor mirror; the sensor mirror includes a cylindrical holder with an internal concave reflection face, a connection shaft extending from the back of the cylindrical holder, a flexible printed circuit board with a circuit conductor of predetermined pattern, stretched in a front space of the cylindrical holder, a temperature measuring first sensor and a correcting second sensor spaced by a predetermined distance from each other in a longitudinal direction of the board and soldered to the circuit conductor on the board, and a protection cover covering a front face of the cylindrical holder; and the flexible printed circuit board is electrically connected, in the temperature measuring part, to a first end of the cable passing through the probe body.