JPH0354579B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a women's thermometer that has a function to calculate the luteal phase area, which is important diagnostic information for gynecologists in diagnosing infertility and the like.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, women's thermometers have been widely used that measure a woman's basal body temperature, identify the day of ovulation, and determine the fertile period to be several days before and after the day of ovulation.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional female thermometers allow gynecologists to identify a woman's ovulation day and determine her fertile period, but they do not provide diagnostic data for diagnosing whether a woman is infertile. As a result, there were cases in which women were unable to conceive even if they were instructed on fertility control using the conventional women's thermometer.

Therefore, there has been a particular demand among gynecologists for a female thermometer that can calculate the luteal phase area, which is important for diagnosing infertility.

Therefore, the present invention provides a female thermometer that can automatically calculate the luteal phase area based on the measured basal body temperature and display it, thereby enabling accurate diagnosis of infertility. This is a technical issue that should be addressed.

[Means to solve the problem]

The technical means for solving the above problem is to provide a women's thermometer with a luteal phase area calculation function, a calendar function, a means for measuring the basal body temperature of a woman who is the subject of temperature measurement, and a thermometer for storing the measured basal body temperature. A body temperature storage means for storing the temperature-measuring person's menstrual cycle along with the days of the menstrual cycle, and the basal body temperature stored in the temperature-measuring means is called up, and the basal body temperature is displayed in a bar graph for each day of the temperature-measuring person's menstrual cycle. a body temperature graph display means; a low temperature average body temperature calculation means for calculating the average body temperature during the low temperature period of the menstrual cycle of the person to be measured; a luteal phase area calculation means for automatically calculating a luteal phase area, which is important diagnostic information in diagnosing infertility, etc. of the person whose temperature is being measured, using a predetermined calculation formula related to body temperature; The present invention is configured to include a calculation target date setting means for setting the calculation target date when calculating, and a luteal phase area display means for displaying the luteal phase area.

[Effect]

According to the women's thermometer with a luteal phase area calculation function configured as described above, the basal body temperature measured every day of the menstrual cycle of the subject is stored in the body temperature storage means together with the daily data of the menstrual cycle. The body temperature graph display means retrieves the daily basal body temperature stored in the body temperature storage means and displays it in a bar graph for each day of the menstrual cycle of the person to be temperature measured. The luteal phase area calculation means calculates the luteal phase area by subtracting the low temperature average body temperature from the basal body temperature shown in the bar graph for each calculation date set by the calculation date setting means, and then integrating the values. calculate. Since the luteal phase area display means displays the luteal phase area calculated by the luteal phase area calculation means, a doctor uses the displayed luteal phase area as important diagnostic information for infertility.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an equipment layout diagram shown on the panel of a women's thermometer 1 with a luteal phase area calculation function.

As shown in FIG. 1, the panel surface of the women's thermometer with luteal phase area function 1 displays AM, PM, and actual time indicating AM and PM in the normal display state, while when detecting the woman's body temperature, A first display 2 consisting of an LCD (liquid crystal) is attached to numerically display the body temperature detected by a body temperature detector 30, which will be described later, and next to it, a pregnancy determined based on the basal body temperature is displayed. Display the heart mark HM and the days of the menstrual cycle with the first day of menstruation as the first day.
A second display 3 of LCD is installed. Furthermore, next to it, in the normal display state, the month and day of the current day are displayed according to the calendar, but when the preset alarm time arrives, the alarm will be displayed for a specified period of time.
A third display 4 of LCD is installed to display ALM characters. Furthermore, when the alarm time comes,
Since a buzzer 38, which will be described later, sounds for a predetermined period of time, the temperature is measured within one hour before and after the buzzer 38 sounds, and this temperature measurement data is stored in the microcomputer 31, which will be described later.

Further, the first display 2, the second display 3,
On the lower side where the third display 4 is arranged, the basal body temperature measured for each day of the woman's menstrual cycle is displayed as a bar graph BS, and the average body temperature during the low temperature period is also displayed.
A graphic display 5 is provided which displays in a horizontal line a standard temperature ST which is the average temperature of the average body temperature LT during the low temperature period and the average body temperature during the high temperature period. This graphic display 5 is composed of LCD dots, and is displayed in steps of, for example, 0.05°C in the vertical axis direction for each cycle.
27 body temperature display dots are arranged, one dot for displaying the basal body temperature ST is placed in the middle of the body temperature display dots, and the ovulation day calculated based on the basal body temperature etc. is set as the central day. Birth control period display dots BC indicating the fertile period in the range of several days before and after birth are arranged in a horizontal row at the lower end of the body temperature display dots.

In addition, at the upper end of the body temperature display dot, there are predetermined memo items related to conception, such as bleeding, which are important diagnostic materials when a gynecologist diagnoses and provides guidance related to fertility control. , menstrual pain, discharge, sexual intercourse, fever, and administration of drugs such as ovulation-inducing drugs. Memo display dots MD for displaying memos are arranged in a memory row. The leftmost dot of the memo display dot MD is the memo display cursor dot KD.
used as. In addition, the dot for displaying the memo above
In order to display each MD in sections corresponding to memo items, a cursor, memo 1, memo 2,
The characters Memo 3, Memo 4, Memo 5, and Memo 6 are engraved. For example, note 1 is "bleeding", note 2 is
be made to mean "menstrual pains," memo 3 to mean "drop-off," memo 4 to "sexual intercourse," memo 5 to "fever," and memo 6 to "medication administration."

Various operation button switches are arranged on the right side of the graphic display 5.

As shown in FIG. 1, the various operation button switches described above are arranged in two vertical rows, 12 in total.
At the top, a switch 11 for setting the "month" of the calendar and a switch 12 for setting the "day" are arranged, and below that is arranged for setting the "hour" of the 24-hour display. switch 13 and
Switches 14 for setting "minutes" are arranged. Further, on the lower side thereof, there is a switch 15 for setting the "hour" of the alarm time when notifying the person to be temperature measured by an alarm of the time to measure the body temperature.
A switch 16 for setting the minute of the alarm time is arranged. Also, a left shift switch 17 for shifting the body temperature displayed in the bar graph BS on the graphic display 5 for each week to the left every week, and a right shift switch 18 for shifting the body temperature to the right for every week. are arranged.

The call switch 19 located at the bottom right is
RAM 32 of the microcomputer 31 described later
The temperature measurement data stored on a per-week basis is called out one file at a time starting from the newest file, and each file is displayed as a bar graph on the graphic display 5, thereby putting the file into a "calling state." When you press this call switch 19 once, the temperature measurement data of the file currently in progress is called up and displayed in a bar graph.The left end of this graph is the first day of menstruation, and as you move to the right, the date of each cycle becomes newer. It will be displayed as follows. If you press it again, the temperature data of the previous file will be displayed.

When the memory switch 20 is pressed, the third display 4 in the normal display state
The eye weight displayed is the first day of your most recent menstrual period.
It is registered in the RAM 32, and the graphic display 5 enters the call state. However, if more than 10 days have not passed since the first day of the previous period, it will not be registered as the first day of the new period.

The memory correction switch 21 is
When is pressed, the display date on the third display 4 of the latest first day of menstruation registered by the memory switch 20 starts blinking. At the same time, the display section showing the temperature on the first display 2 and the display section showing the cycle on the second display 3 become blank, and the graphic display 5 also becomes blank. In this state, use the switches 11 and 12 to set the first day of menstruation to the date you want to change while looking at the third display 4, and then turn the memory correction switch 2 again.
When 1 is pressed, the date displayed on the third display 4 stops blinking, and this date is registered as the changed first day of menstruation.

When the check switch 22 is pressed in the call state, the dot at the left end of the graphic display 5 blinks for 5 seconds ± 0.5 seconds at a cycle of 0.4 seconds ± 0.1 seconds, and also displays the temperature, cycle date, and first day of menstruation. , are displayed on the first display 2, the second display 3, and the third display 4. When the dot at the left end of the graphic display 5 finishes blinking, the dot to the right starts blinking, displaying the same display as above, and then blinking sequentially up to the right end of the bar graph displayed on the graphic display 5. The temperature, cycle date, and first day of menstruation are displayed.

When the cancel switch 23 is pressed, the process being executed is canceled and the display returns to the normal display state. Also, the latest body temperature data taken into the RAM 32 is deleted from the registration. However, it must be constantly displayed, and more than 5 minutes ± 15 seconds have not elapsed since the latest temperature measurement, and the body temperature data obtained from the first temperature measurement within 1 hour before or after the alarm time must be deleted. be able to. Furthermore, it is possible to cancel the registration memory of the first day of menstruation which has been erroneously registered under the condition that the memory is being corrected.

The mode switch 24 is used in order to enable the above-mentioned switch operations when each of the switches 11 to 23 described above is pressed at the same time, that is, to eliminate the state of touching the switch unconsciously, and only when the switch is operated reliably. , to receive operation signals from each switch.

It should be noted that a temperature measurement switch 30S is attached to the body temperature detector 30 shown in FIG. 2, which is used when measuring the body temperature of the person to be measured, and is pressed at the start of temperature measurement.

Next, a description will be given of an operation in which a gynecologist calculates the luteal phase area, which is important diagnostic information in diagnosing infertility, etc. of the person to be measured, and displays it.

In order to set the luteal phase area calculation mode for calculating the luteal phase area, the mode switch 24 and call switch 19 are pressed simultaneously to display a bar graph on the graphic display 5. Next, the call switch 19 and the check switch 22
Press and at the same time. This switch operation causes the cursor dot KD to blink.

Next, the target day for calculating the luteal phase area when calculating the luteal phase area is set in units of cycles of the woman's menstrual cycle. That is, each time the right shift switch 18 is pressed, the memo display dot MD sequentially moves from the cursor dot KD to the right while blinking one dot at a time. And the above dot on the start date of luteal phase area calculation.
Match the flashing parts of the MD. When the memory switch 20 is pressed in this state, the blinking dot MD on the luteal phase area calculation start date changes to a lit light, and the luteal phase area calculation starts from that luteal phase area calculation start date.

The following formula is used in calculating the luteal phase area. In other words, the luteal phase area is calculated by calculating (basal body temperature for each day the dot MD is lit) - (average body temperature during the low temperature period) for each day above, and then summing the values calculated for each day above. Find it by doing.

In addition, when increasing the luteal phase area calculation target date from the luteal phase area calculation start date, the right shift switch 18 is pressed once. By this operation, the number of illuminated dots MD increases sequentially to the right. The microcomputer 31 calculates the average body temperature LT for each period when the dot MD is lit, which is lower than the basal body temperature.
The luteal phase area is calculated by subtracting and integrating the results. Then, the calculated luteal phase area is displayed on the first display 2 in units of temperature.

In addition, if the body temperature on the day on which the luteal phase area is calculated is lower than the average body temperature in the low temperature period, or if the calculation day is an unmeasured temperature day, the data for that day is set to zero. Furthermore, each time the left shift switch 17 is pressed, the days on which the luteal phase area is calculated can be decreased by one day. However, it is not possible to return to before the luteal phase area calculation start date.

Next, the electronic circuit block diagram shown in FIG. 2 will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 2, the central part of the electronic circuit of the women's thermometer with luteal phase area calculation function 1 is provided with a microcomputer 31 as described above, and the microcomputer 31 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 31A. , the RAM 32, and a ROM 33 that stores programs for arithmetic control of each performance;
An input interface 34 and an output interface 35 are provided.

The input interface 34 is connected to each of the switches 11 to 24, and is further connected to a body temperature detector 30 via an A/D converter 36, which is used to measure the body temperature of the person to be measured. , the temperature measuring switch 30S attached to the body temperature detector 30 is connected.

On the other hand, the output interface 35 includes an LCD (liquid crystal) driver 37 for driving each of the first display 2, second display 3, third display 4, and graphic display 5. Further, a buzzer 38 is connected which is made to sound when the alarm time arrives or when each of the switches 11 to 24 is operated.

Further, the output interface 35 is provided with a printer connection interface to which a printer 40 for printing out various data input and stored in the microcomputer 31 can be connected.

Using the feminine thermometer 1 with a luteal phase area calculation function configured as described above, a gynecologist can refer to the basal body temperature etc. displayed on the graphic display 5 and use the luteal phase area as diagnostic data to diagnose infertility. Able to appropriately diagnose.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the luteal phase area is automatically calculated and displayed based on the basal body temperature of the specified cycle during the high temperature period and the average body temperature during the low temperature period displayed on the body temperature graph display means. Because it is possible to
This has the effect that a gynecologist can quickly and accurately diagnose infertility.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a panel view of a women's thermometer with a luteal phase area calculation function, and FIG. 2 is an electronic circuit block diagram of the women's thermometer with a luteal phase area calculation function. 1... Women's thermometer with luteal phase area calculation function, 2
...First display, 3...Second display, 4...
Third display, 5...Graphic display, 11
~24...Switch, 30...Body temperature detector, 31
...Microcomputer, 31A...CPU,
32...RAM, 33...ROM, 34...input interface, 35...output interface.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A calendar function, a means for measuring the basal body temperature of a woman who is the subject of temperature measurement, a body temperature memory means for storing the measured basal body temperature together with the days of the menstrual cycle of the subject, and this body temperature memory means. a body temperature graph display means for calling the basal body temperature stored in the computer and displaying the basal body temperature in a bar graph for each day of the menstrual cycle of the temperature-measuring person; and calculating an average body temperature during the low temperature period of the menstrual cycle of the temperature-measuring person. A low-temperature period average body temperature calculation means, and a predetermined calculation formula related to the basal body temperature of the calculation target day displayed on the temperature graph display means and the low-temperature average body temperature, are used to calculate infertility, etc. of the temperature-measured person. a luteal phase area calculation means for automatically calculating a luteal phase area which is important diagnostic information in diagnosis; a calculation target date setting means for setting the calculation target date when calculating the luteal phase area; A female thermometer with a luteal phase area calculation function, comprising a luteal phase area display means for displaying a luteal phase area.