Probe for bioinstrumentation and bioinstrumentation device

• US 10,238,290 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2015
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics KK
• Original Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics KK
• Inventors: Yamanaka, Takahiko, Hara, Shigeo, Hirohata, Toru, Watanabe, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Winakur, Eric
• Assistant Examiner(s): Liu, Chu Chuan (JJ)
• Application Number:
  US14/666,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20150276206A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,463 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0412 Low-profile patch shaped housings
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0238 Optical sensor arrangements for performing transmission measurements on body tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/164 the sensor is mounted in or on a conformable substrate or carrier
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/222 Electrical cables or leads therefor, e.g. coaxial cables or ribbon cables
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0059 using light, e.g. diagnosis by transillumination, diascopy, fluorescence A61B5/0093, A61B5/1455, A61B5/02416 and A61B5/0261 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1455 using optical sensors, e.g. spectral photometrical oximeters

Abstract

With a probe 2 in which an end of the organic photoelectric-conversion layer 23 on a projection optical path 10 side is covered by an upper electrode 24 having a light-blocking effect, light passing through the projection optical path 10 from a light source can be prevented from directly entering the organic photoelectric-conversion layer 23.

Claims

1. A probe for bioinstrumentation comprising:

a transparent substrate having flexibility;

an organic light-receiving element that is provided on the transparent substrate, includes an organic photoelectric-conversion layer sandwiched between a transparent electrode and an upper electrode, and, when light for measurement is radiated onto a subject, detects scattered light that is scattered by the subject;

an upper circuit board that has flexibility and is provided on the side opposite to the transparent substrate with respect to the organic light-receiving element, and is provided with wires therein that are connected with the transparent electrode and the upper electrode;

a projection optical path that is provided apart from the organic light-receiving element and transmits light for measurement along a thickness direction of the transparent substrate, the projection optical path formed as a through hole that penetrates from an upper side of the upper circuit board to a lower side of the transparent substrate; and

a connector that is attached to the upper circuit board and allows the wires to be externally connected, wherein

the upper electrode has a light-blocking effect and covers an end of the organic photoelectric-conversion layer on the side of the projection optical path.

2. The probe for bioinstrumentation according to claim 1, further comprising a light-blocking member that is provided, to block light from the projection optical path, between the projection optical path and the organic light-receiving element.

3. The probe for bioinstrumentation according to claim 1, wherein

a light source is provided, to emit the light for measurement, on the upper circuit board at the upper end of the through hole.

4. The probe for bioinstrumentation according to claim 1, wherein

an organic light-emitting diode (LED) is provided, to emit the light for measurement, on the transparent substrate apart from the organic light-receiving element, and

the projection optical path is formed in the transparent substrate under the organic LED.

5. The probe for bioinstrumentation according to claim 1, wherein

the organic light-receiving element is formed in a ring-shaped manner, and

the projection optical path is provided in a central portion inside the organic light-receiving element.

6. A bioinstrumentation device comprising:

the probe for bioinstrumentation according to claim 1;

a cable that is connected with a connector of the probe for bioinstrumentation; and

a measurement unit that is connected with the probe for bioinstrumentation through the cable and acquires information on the inside of the subject based on a detection signal from the organic light-receiving element of the probe for bioinstrumentation.