Digital thermometer of antimicrobial copper

Abstract

Digital Thermometer of antimicrobial copper, meant for medical use, consisting externally of the body (1), the battery cover that is the removable part through which the battery is inserted into the thermometer (2), the power button i.e. ON-OFF button (3), the display (4) and the tip, that is the sensor for measuring temperature (5) and is characterized by the fact that the outer surface of these components except of the display, is made of antimicrobial copper, or bears antimicrobial copper. Due to the antimicrobial-bacteriostatic properties of copper and its alloys with antimicrobial properties, it is achieved naturally—without any further interference, i.e. without disinfectants use—the neutralization of pathogenic microbes that infest the thermometer body, therefore it is achieved limitation of their further dispersion.

Claims

1. A digital thermometer of antimicrobial copper, which is a medical digital thermometer of any type, design, or size, comprising: a body, a battery cover that is a removable part through which a battery is inserted into the thermometer, a power button comprising an ON-OFF key, a display, and a tip that is a sensor for measuring temperature, and wherein outer surfaces of the tip, the body, the battery cover, and the power button are made of solid antimicrobial copper.

2. The digital thermometer of claim 1, wherein the antimicrobial copper is selected from the group comprising pure copper and an antimicrobial copper alloy; and wherein the use of antimicrobial copper disrupts at least one cell function of pathogenic microbes on a surface of the antimicrobial copper so that pathogenic microbes do not survive on the antimicrobial copper surface.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING

(1) The attached FIG. 1 shows the front side of an armpit thermometer. The thermometer consists of the body (1), the battery cover, i.e. the removable part through which the battery is inserted into the thermometer (2), the power button i.e. ON-OFF (3), the screen indications (4) and the tip i.e. the part that comes into contact with a designated part of the human body, which is the sensor for measuring temperature (5).

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(2) One way of producing a digital thermometer of antimicrobial copper, is, with the construction of the entire external surface of it, or part/s thereof, except of the display (4), that is the body (1) and/or battery cover (2) and/or the Power Button (3) and/or the tip-measuring temperature sensor (5) of solid antimicrobial copper, as the only material of all or part/s of the outer casing of the thermometer.

(3) Another way of producing digital thermometer of antimicrobial copper, is, with an outer layer of antimicrobial copper over the entire outer surface of it, or part/s thereof, except of the display (4), that is the body (1) and/or battery cover (2) and/or the Power Button (3) and/or the tip-measuring temperature sensor (5), with all acceptable methods of coating, for which it is provided the international quality certification, a product made of antimicrobial copper.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

(4) In FIG. 1 displayed, it has been used as an example, the armpit thermometer. Nevertheless, the use of antimicrobial copper can be proportionate, in accordance with the above, also into other types of medical thermometers, as the ear thermometer, the forehead thermometer and the non-contact thermometer, since all of them are consisted externally of the same parts, having the same function and use.