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CA 1088778 A · Owner: Roi Corporation · Inventors: Marino, Michael J.; Paull, Seymour

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The device is primarily adapted for use in hospitals and comprises a housing having a front window through which a digital display of sensed temperature is observed. The housing may receive one of preferably two probe holsters one of which has associated therewith a probe for oral use and the other of which has a probe for rectal use. Each probe holster is elongated in shape and has a passage for receiving a probe with the probe being fixedly wired into the holster so that the probe cannot be swapped between holsters. A holder is mounted on the top of the device and receives a cartridge of probe covers which are locked into the holder but are easily removed upon insertion of the probe into …

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  • Granted November 4, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 4, 1997.
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FiledApril 19, 1979
GrantedNovember 4, 1980
Term endedNovember 4, 1997
Patent numberCA 1088778 A
Classification (IPC)G01K1/08

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Application filedApril 19, 1979Patent grantedNov 4, 1980Term endedNov 4, 1997

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