15 may be used to mount the sensors as well as to provide electrical connectivity between the sensors and a processor module 19 for clarity the flexible printed circuit board is shown in most figures as an upper 15 and lower 12 parts but may be constructed as a single unit which is then folded over the processor module 19 contains the electronic circuitry necessary to provide a means of measuring the outputs of the temperature sensors processing that information as necessary and transmitting it by wireless to a remote receiver 32 although shown in the diagrams as a single entity the processor module 19 represents the grouping of individual components necessary to implement the sensor interface data processing and the wireless link in the embodiment of fig3 6 a thin layer of flexible material 11 is attached to the bottom surface of the flexible printed circuit board 12 and contains holes 17 through which the sensor elements 18 protrude the skin side of the material may be covered with an adhesive which allows the bandage to be temporarily affixed to the skin electrical leads 42 connect each temperature sensor 40 to the processor module 19 see also fig7 the combination of the slight protrusion of the sensor elements through the insulating layer the use of the thermal conductive disk 41 to increase the surface area of the temperature sensor 40 and the adhesive properties of the bottom surface of the bandage help ensure that the skin temperature sensors make good thermal contact with the skin and therefore can provide an accurate measurement of the underlying skin temperature an outer thin layer of flexible material 16 is attached to the top surface of the flexible printed circuit board 15 a second temperature sensor.