Low-noise optical probes for reducing ambient noise

US8229533B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Masimo Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mohamed K. Diab · Mission Viejo, US
• Esmaiel Kiani-Azarbayjany · Laguna Niguel, US
• David Tobler · Federal Heights, US
• Thomas J. Gerhardt · Berlin, DE
• Eugene Mason · La Habra, US
• Mike Mills · Golden, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49826
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical probe, which is particularly suited to reduce noise in measurements taken on an easily compressible material, such as a finger, a toe, a forehead, an earlobe, or a lip, measures characteristics of the material. A neonatal and adult disposable embodiment of the probe include adhesive coated surfaces to securely affix the probe onto the patient. In addition, the surface of the probe is specially constructed to reduce the effect of ambient noise.