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MEDICAL SENSOR AND TECHNIQUE FOR USING THE SAME

  • US 20110130638A1
  • Filed: 02/07/2011
  • Published: 06/02/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sensor comprising:

  • a conformable sensor body;

    an emitter disposed on the sensor body;

    a detector disposed on the sensor body; and

    a patterned region disposed on a tissue-contacting surface of the sensor body,wherein the patterned region is configured to reduce an incidence of shunted or ambient light reaching the detector and wherein the patterned region protrudes less than about 0.001 mm from the tissue-contacting surface of the sensor body.

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