Method and apparatus for measuring temperatures

Claim 1

A TEMPERATURE MEASURING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE BODY TEMPERATURES OF PATIENTS LOCATED IN INSTITUTIONAL-TYPE BUILDINGS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN IMMOVABLE HOUSING INCLUDING MEANS FOR FIXEDLY SECURING SAID HOUSING TO A STRUCTURAL MEMBER IN SAID BUILDING, A SOURCE OF GERMICIDAL ENERGY CONTAINED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, A DISPOSABLE RECEPTACLE ADAPTED FOR USE WITH ONLY A SINGLE GIVEN PATIENT, SAID RECEPTACLE REMOVABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING IN PROXIMITY TO SAID SOURCE, SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING A SIDEWALL TRANSMISSIVE OF SAID ENERGY, A DISPOSABLE TEMPERATURESENSITIVE PROBE ADAPTED FOR USE WITH ONLY SAID ONE GIVEN PATIENT, SAID PROBE BEING SELECTIVELY AND REMOVABLY STORED IN SAID RECEPTACLE SO AS TO BE SUBJECTED TO SAID GERMICIDAL ENERGY DURING PERIODS OF STORAGE WHEREBY THE GROWTH OF SAID GIVEN PATIENT''S PATHOGENS IS ARRESTED AND THE DEPOSIT