REUSEABLE SNORE/AIR FLOW SENSOR
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Abstract
A sensor for use with a polysomnograph in a sleep lab setting is made reusable by laminating a PVDF film and associated lead contacts within a flexible, moisture-impervious plastic envelope that is hermetically sealed about its periphery. Lead terminals within the envelope are adhered to the metalized surfaces of the PVDP film using a conductive adhesive which inhibits dislodgement of the leads from the sensor even with rough handling and cleaning.
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7. A method of making a reusable snore/air flow sensor comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a film of material exhibiting pyroelectric and piezoelectric properties; (b) metalizing opposed major surfaces of said film; (c) cutting the metalized film of step (b) to a desired, predetermined shape configuration; (d) providing a pair of lead wires, each having a metal tab conductively secured to one end of said wires; (e) affixing the metal tabs individually to opposite sides of the metalized film with a conductive adhesive; (f) overlaying the assembly of step (e) on said opposite sides with a double-sided adhesive tape; (g) adhering a layer of moisture impervious, flexible plastic to the double-sided adhesive tape on each of the opposite sides of the assembly of step (f) where the layers of plastic have the same shape configuration as the metalized film; and (h) bonding perimeter portions of the layers of flexible plastic one another to create a moisture impervious seal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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