Flexible medical sensor enclosure
AssigneeNellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
InventorAdolfo Arizaga Ballesteros
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Abstract
A sensor is provided that includes a flexible wrap enclosure which is folded about the sensor. The flexible wrap includes primary flaps and at least one reinforcement flap. The reinforcement flap may be used to enclose areas of the sensor not enclosed by the primary wrap and/or may be used to provide reinforcement of the enclosure to prevent tearing of the flexible wrap enclosure. The sensor may be placed on a patient's finger, toe, ear, and so forth to obtain pulse oximetry or other physiological measurements.
Claims20
A sensor enclosure assembly, comprising:
- a substrate, comprising:
- a plurality of fastening flaps;
- and
- a reinforcing flap, wherein the fastening flaps are folded about primary fold lines, wherein the primary fold lines, or their projections, intersect to form a corner, and wherein the reinforcing flap spans a region near the corner not covered by the folded fastening flaps when the reinforcing flap is folded.
A sensor assembly, comprising:
- a sensor;
- and
- a sensor enclosure assembly, comprising;
- a substrate, comprising:
- a plurality of fastening flaps;
- and
- a reinforcing flap, wherein the fastening flaps are folded about primary fold lines, wherein the primary fold lines, or their projections, intersect to form a corner, and wherein the reinforcing flap spans a region near the corner not covered by the folded fastening flaps when the reinforcing flap is folded.
A method of manufacturing a sensor assembly, the method comprising:
- affixing a sensor to a sensor enclosure, wherein the sensor enclosure comprises:
- fastening flaps;
- and
- at least one reinforcing flap;
- folding the fastening flaps about a sensor;
- and
- folding the reinforcing flap about the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.