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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh, Regensburg, DE;

Inventor:

Tobias Schmidt, Garching, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02427 (2013.01); A61B 5/02438 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 2562/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment a pulse sensor includes at least one light source configured to emit light in a direction of a blood-perfused tissue of a living being, at least one light detector including a light-sensitive surface configured to sense at least one part of a light scattered by the blood-perfused tissue, wherein the scattered light is modulated depending on a pulse of the living being and an optical concentrator arranged in a light path of the scattered light between the tissue and the light-sensitive surface of the light detector, the optical concentrator configured to concentrate the scattered light, wherein the optical concentrator has a first entry surface, through which the scattered light is able to enter the optical concentrator, and a first exit surface, through which the concentrated scattered light is able to exit from the optical concentrator toward the light-sensitive surface, the first exist surface being parallel to the first entry surface, wherein the optical concentrator is transparent to the scattered light, wherein the first entry surface is larger than the first exit surface and is larger than the light-sensitive surface of the light detector, wherein the optical concentrator is in optical contact with the light detector via the first exit surface, and wherein a sectional surface of the optical concentrator, perpendicular to the first entry surface and the first exit surface, is shaped trapezoidal.


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