CPC A61B 5/6843 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6833 (2013.01); A61B 5/14552 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A patient monitoring sensor, comprising
a communication interface, through which the patient monitoring sensor can communicate with a monitor;
a light-emitting diode (LED) communicatively coupled to the communication interface;
a detector communicatively coupled to the communication interface, wherein the detector is configured to detect light;
a light blocking layer having one or more holes configured to transmit optical signals from the LED or to the detector; and
an at least partially transparent layer of material between the light blocking layer and the LED, and not between the light blocking layer and the detector, on a patient-side of the sensor, the at least partially transparent layer of material having a thickness of from about 0.08 mm to about 1.5 mm to reduce the contact pressure of protruding portions of the LED.
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