Regional oximetry pod

A regional oximetry pod which drives optical emitters of one or two regional oximetry sensors and receives corresponding detector signals in response, the regional oximetry pod comprising:

• a dual sensor connector configured to physically attach and electrically connect to one or two regional oximetry sensors;
• a pod housing having a first housing end and a second housing end;
• the dual sensor connector disposed proximate the first housing end;
• the housing at least partially enclosing the dual sensor connector;
• a monitor connector disposed proximate the second housing end;
• an analog board disposed within the pod housing in communication with the dual sensor connector, the analog board including
• emitter drivers that activate emitters of the one or two regional oximetry sensor sensors, and
• detector amplifiers that receive sensor signals from detectors of the one or two regional oximetry sensors, wherein the analog board digitizes the sensor signals;
• and
• a digital board disposed within the pod housing in communication with the monitor connector, the digital board including a digital signal processor (DSP) that receives the digitized sensor signals, the DSP configured to derive regional oximetry parameters from the digitized sensor signals and communicate the regional oximetry to a patient monitor via the monitor connector,
• wherein the analog board and the digital board are stacked within the pod housing.