Philips HF370/HF375 manual Introduction, Why take temperature measurements at the temple?

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INTRODUCTION

Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the new, revolutionary Philips SensorTouch Temple Thermometer.

Your new Philips SensorTouch Temple Thermometer is the first and only totally non-invasive system with advanced infrared technology, providing maximum ease of use with quick, consistently accurate measurements. Advanced, patented technology measures temperature with a gentle stroke across the forehead.

The SensorTouch Temple Thermometer is clinically proven as consistently accurate as rectal thermometers and accepted for use in major hospitals, making it the ideal thermometer for use with newborns, infants, children or adults.

The SensorTouch Temple Thermometer has patented software, providing arterial heat balance.This unique process determines temperature by accurately measuring the thermal balance between the tissues warming from arterial blood and tissue cooling caused by heat loss (gain) to the environment.

SensorTouch Temple Thermometer ... fast, accurate and totally non-invasive.

Why take temperature measurements at the temple?

The best place to measure temperature is the center of the heart, however; this is an invasive procedure, used only when under a doctor’s supervision. Doctors know that measurement of the blood temperature in a main artery accurately reflects true body temperature.

The SensorTouch Temple Thermometer is designed to measure temperature directly via the skin surface over the temporal artery.

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The temporal artery is connected to the heart via the carotid artery, directly leading from the aorta, the main trunk of the arterial system. It is considered a major artery, offering constant blood flow. It is the only such artery positioned very close to the skin surface to provide an accurate measurement. It is ideally located at the front portion of the forehead, providing ease of use. SensorTouch is easier to use than other types of measurement devices such as oral, rectal, underarm and in-ear because it is non-invasive therefore, doesn’t have to go into any orifices.This thermometer has been clinically tested in major university hospitals, with readings proven to be as accurate as rectal measurements.

HOW DOES THIS SENSORTOUCH

THERMOMETER WORK?

The Philips SensorTouch Thermometer is the first totally non-invasive system with advanced infrared technology, providing maximum ease of use with instant, consistently accurate measurements.

As you gently stroke the thermometer across the forehead crossing over the temporal artery, the sensor performs two processes:

•It scans like a video camera, capturing naturally emitted infrared heat from the arterial blood supply, locking in the highest temperature it senses and;

•The patented system measures ambient air temperature at the very same time.

The patented “arterial heat balance” (AHB) software then synthesizes the two separate readings to accurately determine and display peak temperature.