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What is arterial temperature?
Arterial temperature is the same
temperature as the blood owing from
the heart via the aorta. It is the best
determinate of body temperature, and
unaffected by the artifactual errors and
time delays of oral and rectal methods.
What is the TemporalScanner?
The TemporalScanner is an infrared
thermometer designed for non-invasive
temperature assessment at the temporal
artery (TA). It is a kinder, gentler way to
take temperature, and a better method
for patient and clinician alike. It is
breakthrough technology.
How does it work?
Temperature is measured by gently
stroking the TemporalScanner across
the forehead, and includes a momentary
touch of the probe to the neck area
behind the ear lobe, to account for
any cooling of the forehead as a result
of diaphoresis. The patented arterial
heat balance technology (AHB
TM
)
automatically measures the temperature
of the skin surface over the artery and
ambient temperature, synthesizing the
two to produce arterial temperature by
sampling and calculating these paired
readings some 5000 times with each
use.
How accurate is it?
It has been clinically proven in all
departments for all patients in premier
university hospitals and proven to be
more accurate than ear thermometry.
What are the benets of TA
thermometry?
Besides the inherent accuracy, as a
site for temperature measurement, TA
presents many benets: no risk of
injury for patient or clinician, eliminates
the need for disrobing or unbundling,
and is suitable for all ages from
preemies to geriatrics.
Unique to infrared thermometry, the
instrument can be used with or without
disposable covers, thereby providing a
substantial cost savings unavailable with
other methods of thermometry.
Temporal Artery Thermometry