US 11,950,937 B2
Probe cover for ear thermometer and grouping method of the same
Yung-Chang Chang, Hsinchu County (TW); Tseng-Lung Lin, Hsinchu County (TW); and Chin-Hui Ku, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to RADIANT INNOVATION INC., Hsinchu County (TW)
Filed by RADIANT INNOVATION INC., Hsinchu County (TW)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/225,078.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323170 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 50/00 (2016.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 50/00 (2016.02) [A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 2050/005 (2016.02); A61B 2562/247 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A probe cover for an ear thermometer, comprising:
a conical main body having a closed end and an open end, wherein the closed end and the open end are arranged opposite to each other, the closed end is penetrable by infrared rays, and the closed end has different infrared transmittances according to thickness variations of the closed end;
an annular elastomer connected to the open end of the conical main body; and
a flange connected to the annular elastomer, the annular elastomer being located between the conical main body and the flange;
wherein the flange has a plurality of detection positions; wherein each of the detection positions has a positive detection pattern or a negative detection pattern, such that the detection positions are arranged to form a plurality of different detection combinations; and wherein the different detection combinations respectively correspond to the different infrared transmittances, and any two of the different detection combinations have the two corresponding infrared transmittances that are different from one another.