Exergen Corporation

Exergen Corporation
Type	Private company
Founded	1980
Founder	Francesco Pompei^[1]
Headquarters	Watertown, Massachusetts
Key people	Francesco Pompei President^[2]
Products	See products section
Website	Exergen Corporation

Exergen Corporation, is designer and manufacturer of infrared scanners, thermometers, and sensors headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts. Exergen products are used in applications including, among others, medical, automotive, food processing, agriculture and textile.^[2] The company was founded in 1980 by Francesco Pompei, who patented the world's first temporal artery (forehead) thermometer. Exergen holds more than a dozen patents.

Products

Exergen's products include:^[1]

Thermometers

1985 - D-Series - Emissivity error-free infrared thermometer.
1988 - Ototemp - Scanning tympanic medical thermometer.
1990 - Ototemp Veterinary - Tympanic thermometer for animals.
1991 - Ear thermometer employing arterial heat balance.
1996 - Infrared axillary thermometer.
1997 - Consumer infrared axillary thermometer.
1999 - Temporal artery thermometers for professionals and consumers.
2000 - Palm-sized emissivity error-free infrared thermometer.

Scanners

1983 - Microscanner - Pocket-sized infrared temperature scanner.
1987 - E-Series - Infrared scanner designed exclusively for electrical inspection.
1987 - Dermatemp - Infrared scanner for emissivity error-free skin temperature assessment.
1989 - Equine Scanner - Scanner for injury assessment of equine athletes.

Sensors

1991 - IRt/c - Unpowered IR thermocouple
2002 - Microprocessor-based linearized, infrared temperature sensor.
2004 - 20:1 field of view microprocessor-based linearized, infrared temperature sensor.

Thermocouples

2003 - Micro-sized, unpowered IR thermocouple.
2004 - 4:1 field of view, unpowered IR thermocouple.

Other products

1980 - Exergram - Quantitative heat loss camera system for energy conservation.
1995 - Thermal switch to detect presence of hot melt adhesive and hot objects.

References

1 2 Exergen Corporation. "About Us". Retrieved 2008-01-09.
1 2 BusinessWeek. "Exergen Corporation". The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Retrieved 2008-01-09.

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