Hat-based oximeter sensor
AssigneeNellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
InventorsDon Hannula, Paul Mannheimer
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Abstract
A method for use and an improved oximeter sensor substrate that is conforming to the shape of the patient's forehead. In one embodiment, the present invention is an oximeter sensor, having a substrate with a shape similar to a shape of at least a portion of a patient's forehead and including a section adapted to substantially fit over a portion of a forehead of a patient; an emitter disposed on the substrate at a position located on the section; and a detector disposed on the substrate at a distance from the emitter. In one embodiment, the substrate includes a hat that holds the emitter and the detector in a spaced-part manner against the patient's forehead.
Claims13
A pulse oximetry sensor comprising:
- a stocking cap;
- a substrate disposed on the stocking cap;
- an emitter disposed on the substrate;
- a detector disposed on the substrate;
- and
- a cable disposed on the substrate, wherein the cable extends from the substrate at an angle not in-line with an imaginary axis extending through the emitter and the detector, and wherein the cable extends through an open portion of the stocking cap configured to be proximate to a top of the stocking cap when the stocking cap is applied to the patient.
A headcovering comprising:
- a neonatal stocking cap;
- and
- a pulse oximetry sensor, wherein the pulse oximetry sensor comprises:
- a substrate;
- an emitter disposed on the substrate;
- a detector disposed on the substrate;
- and
- a cable disposed on the substrate, wherein the cable extends from the substrate through an open portion of the neonatal stocking cap configured to be proximate to a top of the neonatal stocking cap when the neonatal stocking cap is applied to the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.