摘要 |
A PORTABLE FERTILITY TESTER (1) FOR IDENTIFYING DAYS DURING THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE WHEN A WOMAN IS MOST LIKELY TO CONCEIVE HAS A CIRCULAR DISC (19), WITH TRANSPARENT REGIONS (23) INDEXED TO EACH OF THE DAYS OF THE CYCLE, ROTATABLY MOUNTED WITHIN A HOUSING (3) AND COVER (4). THE HOUSING (3) AND COVER (4) FORM A WINDOW FOR EXPOSING A TRANSPARENT REGION (23) ON THE DISC (19) FOR DEPOSITING A SALIVA SPECIMEN. AN OCULAR (45) IS PROVIDED WITH A MAGNIFYING LENS (31) FOR EXAMINING THE APPEARANCE OF THE SALIVA WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF FERTILITY, AND A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (33) IS PROVIDED FOR BACKLIGHTING THE SPECIMEN DURING EXAMINATION. THE COVER (4) MAY BE REMOVED TO ALLOW REPLACEMENT OF THE DISC (19) FOR EACH MENSTRUAL CYCLE.
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