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What is arterial temperature?
Arterial temperature is the same
temperature as the blood flowing 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
(AHBTM) 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 benefits of TA
thermometry?
Besides the inherent accuracy, as a
site for temperature measurement, TA
presents many benefits: 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
