Pulse oximetry devices and systems and methods of making the same

US9814419B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Jason Harris Karp · Niskayuna, US
• Christopher James Kapusta · Duanesburg, US
• Paul Jeffrey Gillespie · Scotia, US
• Christopher Fred Keimel · Schenectady, US
• Jeffrey Michael Ashe · Gloversville, US
• James Sabatini · Scotia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49139
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An array of emitters includes a device substrate having first and second sides, a thermally and electrically conductive layer disposed on the first side of the device substrate, and an interconnect layer disposed on a first plurality of portions of the second side of the device substrate. The array of the emitters further includes a plurality of emitters disposed in a second plurality of portions of the device substrate, where the plurality of emitters is electrically coupled to the thermally and electrically conductive layer. Also, the array of the emitters includes a plurality of wirebond contacts configured to electrically couple a portion of the interconnect layer to a corresponding emitter of the plurality of emitters, and a plurality of encapsulations, where one or more encapsulations of the plurality of encapsulations are disposed on at least a portion of a corresponding wirebond contact of the plurality of wirebond contacts.