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Exergen Temporal Thermometer Named One of the Smartest Products of the Decade

Innovative Thermometer Takes Accurate Temperature With a Gentle Forehead Scan The Exergen TemporalScanner, a breakthrough innovation in medical thermometry, was selected last week as one of 24 “Smartest Products of the Decade” by Inc. magazine, which stated “These products revolutionized the way we spend our time — technologically, culturally, and beyond.” “It is quite an […]

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Exergen TemporalScanner Effective in Detecting Fevers in Children Aged 1-4 Years, Study Finds

WATERTOWN, Mass., Nov 16, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — “Temporal artery thermometry is an effective screening tool in identifying fever in children one to four years of age,” according to a recent study published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics. The study investigated the sensitivity and specificity of scanning the forehead area to detect temporal artery

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Green Cash Flow

How does manufacturer-financed new technologyincreaseimmediatecashflowforcash-short hospitals? Francesco Pompei. First, a new technology must cost less and deliver improved patient care. In the current climate, unless both criteria are met, a new technology may not be a good deal for the hospital, or for the patient. Second, out-of-pocket cost of acquisition of the new technology must

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Nurses Choose Exergen TemporalScanner™ Thermometer as 'Most Valuable Product'…

Nurses Choose Exergen TemporalScanner™ Thermometer as ‘Most Valuable Product’ in Annual Industry Survey WATERTOWN, Mass., July 30 /PRNewswire/ ‐‐ Exergen Corporation’s patented TemporalScanner™ Thermometer was selected by nurses as the 2009 Most Valuable Product in the annual survey by Therapy Times, the only all‐inclusive community Web site for therapeutic professionals in the healthcare industry. Hundreds

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Non-Invasive Temporal Artery Thermometry: Physics, Physiology, and Clinical Accuracy

Francesco Pompei*a,b and Marybeth Pompeia a Exergen Corporation, 51 Water Street, Watertown, MA, USA 02472; b Dept. of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA 02139 Download Full Article in PDF for here. ABSTRACT Temporal artery (TA) thermometry was developed in answer to requests by pediatricians for a replacement for: 1) ear thermometry due to inaccuracy;

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Renewing the Oldest Vital Sign

Fever was known as a vital sign to ancient Egyptians at least 5000 years ago, using the hand as measuring instrument. Galileo invented the first thermometer 500 years ago. Carl Wunderlich, ‘Father of Clinical Thermometry,’proposed 98.6°F (37°C) as the mean normal temperature 140 years ago. Until very recently we have been taking patients’ temperatures more

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Exergen Sues Kidz-Med and Others Over Thermometer Patents

Exergen Corporation, headquartered in Watertown, MA, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against Kidz-Med Inc. of New Paltz, NY, American Scientific Resources, Inc. of Weston, FL, and Techni-Med S.R.L. of Italy, the suppliers of the Thermofocus thermometer, alleging that the defendants have infringed five US patents owned by Exergen. The

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