Source and Detector Sensor Arrangement
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1. A device comprising:
- a first source structure;
a first detector structure;
a second detector structure; and
a third detector structure, wherein the second detector structure is between the first and third detector structures, the first source structure, first detector structure, and third detector structure form vertices of a first right triangle, and a first hypotenuse of the first right triangle extends from the first source structure to the third detector structure without touching another source or detector structure.
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Abstract
A device has various arrangements of source and detector sensors. In specific implementations, the device has at least four structures, one source and three detectors, two sources and two detectors, and other arrangement variations. In a specific implementation, between a source structure and a detector structure, there are not any other intervening sensor structures. The device may be part of a medical device that is used to monitor or measure oxygen saturation levels in a tissue.
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1. A device comprising:
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a first source structure;
a first detector structure;
a second detector structure; and
a third detector structure, wherein the second detector structure is between the first and third detector structures, the first source structure, first detector structure, and third detector structure form vertices of a first right triangle, and a first hypotenuse of the first right triangle extends from the first source structure to the third detector structure without touching another source or detector structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A device comprising:
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a first source structure;
a first detector structure;
a second detector structure; and
a third detector structure, wherein the second detector structure is between the first and third detector structures, the first source structure, first detector structure, and third detector structure form vertices of a first triangle having an obtuse angle, and a first longest side of the first triangle extends from the first source structure to the third detector structure without touching another source or detector structure. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A device comprising:
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a first source structure;
a second source structure;
a first detector structure, wherein the first detector structure comprises optical fiber; and
a second detector structure, wherein a first distance extends between the first source structure and the first detector structure without touching another source or detector structure, a second distance extends between the second source structure and the second detector structure without touching another source or detector structure, and the first distance is different from the second distance. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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