Printed circuit board with embedded sensor

A printed circuit board (PCB) comprising:

• a substrate comprising at least one dielectric layer, at least one conductive layer, an internal conductive trace and a power conditioning circuit formed therein;
• a micro-controller embedded within the substrate and attached to the internal conductive trace;
• a sensor embedded within at least one dielectric layer of the substrate and connected to the micro-controller via the internal conductive trace, the sensor configured to sense one or more physiological parameters in a patient;
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• a data transmission means embedded within the substrate and connected to the micro-controller, the data transmission means configured to transmit a signal representative of the physiological parameter sensed by the sensor to a receiver remote from the sensing device.

A sensing device comprising:

• a multi-layered printed circuit board (PCB) having at least one conductive layer and at least one dielectric layer, wherein the at least one conductive layer and the at least one dielectric layer are integrally formed within the PCB, and wherein the at least one conductive layer includes a conductive trace;
• a micro-controller attached to the conductive trace of the at least one conductive layer;
• a data transmission means connected to the micro-controller;
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• at least one sensor integrally formed within at least one of the dielectric layers of the multi-layered PCB and connected to the micro-controller via the conductive trace of the at least one conductive layer, the sensor configured to sense at least one physiological parameter in a patient.