Quick-clip sensor holder
First Claim
1. An apparatus for holding a medical sensor relative to a patient appendage, comprising:
- first and second members in an opposing and hinged relationship, said first and second members being selectively movable between an open position and a closed position;
an alignment means associated with one of said first and second members for positioning a medical sensor relative to one of said first and second members; and
a resilient member having a first portion interconnected to said first member and a second portion interconnected to said second member, wherein said resilient member is in a substantially non-biased state when said first and second members are in said open and closed positions and wherein said resilient member resists movement of said first and second members between said open and closed position.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a clip-type medical sensor holder for use in positioning a pulse oximetry sensor relative to a patient appendage. In particular, a clip-type sensor holder is provided that clips around a portion of a patient appendage without necessarily applying a clamping force to that appendage to reduce or eliminate vasoconstrication. The sensor holder includes first and second opposing members in an opposing and hinged relationship that allows these members to move from an open position to a closed position relative to one another. When in the closed position, these opposing members are sized to receive a patient appendage (e.g., a finger) therebetween. A resilient member interconnected to each of the members maintains the sensor holder in the closed position about the patient appendage. In one embodiment, the sensor clip is formed as a one-piece unit allowing simplified construction and a reduced part count.
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47 Claims
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1. An apparatus for holding a medical sensor relative to a patient appendage, comprising:
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first and second members in an opposing and hinged relationship, said first and second members being selectively movable between an open position and a closed position;
an alignment means associated with one of said first and second members for positioning a medical sensor relative to one of said first and second members; and
a resilient member having a first portion interconnected to said first member and a second portion interconnected to said second member, wherein said resilient member is in a substantially non-biased state when said first and second members are in said open and closed positions and wherein said resilient member resists movement of said first and second members between said open and closed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A medical sensor holder for holding a medical sensor relative to a patient'"'"'s appendage, comprising:
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first and second appendage engaging members in an opposing relationship;
said members being selectively movable between open and closed positions; and
an alignment means associated with one of said first and second members for positioning a medical sensor relative to one of said first and second members; and
a hinge member interconnecting said first and second members, wherein first and second portions of said hinge member are in tension and compression, respectively, in said open position and in compression and tension in said closed position, respectively;
wherein said first and second members and said hinge member are an integrally defined one-piece unit. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A medical sensor holder for holding a medical sensor relative to a patient appendage, comprising:
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first and second members in an opposing relationship to which a medical sensor may be selectively connected;
a hinge member interconnecting said first and second members and defining a hinge axis, said hinge axis being substantially parallel to a direction of patient appendage insertion between said first and second members;
wherein said first and second members are configured to engage a middle portion of a patient appendage in said closed position. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for holding a sensor relative to a patient appendage, comprising:
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first biasing first and second interconnected members about a hinge axis to overcome a resilient resistive force and dispose said members from a closed position into an open position;
engaging a medical sensor with one of said first and second members;
disposing a patient appendage relative to at least one of said first and second members; and
second biasing said first and second members about said hinge axis to overcome said resilient resistive force in order to dispose said members form said open position to said closed position, wherein said appendage is disposed between said first and second members and said medical sensor is held relative to said appendage. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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