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Patent No.:

US 7979102 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2006
Applicants:

Don Hannula, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);

Paul Mannheimer, Danville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Don Hannula, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);

Paul Mannheimer, Danville, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC, Boulder, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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