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US 2008/0076996 A1Published application
Medical sensor for reducing signal artifacts and technique for using the same
AssigneeNellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
InventorCarine Hoarau
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Abstract
A sensor may be adapted to reduce motion artifacts by mitigating the effects of the tissue moving within the sensor. A sensor is provided with an elastic sensor body adapted to accommodate patient motion. Further, a sensor is provided in which the sensor cable is arranged to mitigate its pressure on a patient's tissue.
Claims32
A sensor comprising:
- a sensor body comprising at least one elastic electronic component;
- and
- an emitter and a detector disposed on the sensor body.
A system comprising:
- a monitor;
- and
- a sensor adapted to be operatively coupled to the monitor, the
- sensor comprising:
- a sensor body comprising at least one elastic electronic component;
- and
- an emitter and a detector disposed on the sensor body.
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A method of response to movement of a sensor comprising:
- applying a sensor body comprising an emitter and a detector to a patient's tissue;
- and
- stretching an elastic electronic component of a sensor body in response to a movement of the tissue, wherein the optical distance between the emitter and the detector remains substantially fixed.
A method of manufacturing a sensor, comprising:
- providing a sensor body comprising at least one elastic electronic component;
- and
- providing an emitter and a detector disposed on the sensor body.
A sensor comprising:
- a sensor body;
- an emitter and a detector disposed on the sensor body;
- and
- an electronic component operatively connected to the emitter or the detector adapted to expand in response to a biasing force.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.