Abstract: The methods and apparatuses (including systems and device) described herein may be used to accurately and comfortably monitor and track body temperature using a wearable device that can be positioned inside a patient's ear for measuring the patient's temperature, sleeping quality, or other vital signs. These systems and methods may also include a base station and a remote analytics unit (e.g., software, hardware or firmware, including application software that may run on a hand-held or wearable electronics device). The inter-aural device (earplug device) may record and pre-process information that may then be adaptively passed on the remote analytics unit for further processing. The earplug device may engage the remote analytics unit with to download and process the temperature measurement data from the device, to electrically charge the device and also to communicate wirelessly with a smart phone or different types of mobile devices.

Abstract: An ovulation prediction system comprises an ear temperature measuring device that is configured to continuously measure a person's basal body temperature. In one embodiment, the measured temperature is used to record the person's temperature oscillations during her sleep and use the measured oscillations to predict a woman's ovulation time by comparing it with previously recorded measurements. In particular, the temperature oscillations may be match to a person's sleeping cycle, e.g., marking the beginning and end of the resting time, to increase the likelihood of correctly predicting the ovulation time. To facilitate the analysis of the temperature measurement and allow customization of the ovulation prediction, one embodiment of the system is configured to transmit the measured data wirelessly to a user computer that runs an ovulation prediction algorithm.