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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1999
Steven C Walker, Olmos Park, TX (US);
John M Shepherd, Fort San Antonio, TX (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A self-piercing pulse oximeter sensor is provided for attachment to subject, e.g., an individual or an animal. The device includes a flexible pulse oximeter sensor, an earring post, and a grommet. The earring post may be used as a piercing device if there is not a pierced body part suitable for attaching the pulse oximeter sensor to the body. Otherwise the earring post may be slid into the pierced hole. In either case, the tip of the earring post engages a grommet once passing through the body part. Thus, the pulse oximeter sensor functions in a transilluminance mode by transmitting light through the pierced body part.