FINGER-PLACEMENT SENSOR TAPE

• US 20150005600A1
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Masimo Corporation
• Original Assignee: Cercacor Laboratories
• Inventors: Vo, Hung The, Dalvi, Cristiano, Merritt, Sean, Lamego, Marcelo M., Blank, Thomas B.
• Application Number:
  US14/210,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20150005600A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/344
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14551 for measuring blood gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6833 Adhesive patches

Abstract

A finger-placement sensor tape aligns and removably secures a finger to a sensor pad of a reusable finger-clip optical sensor so as to assure the finger is repeatably aligned between the sensors emitters and detectors and that the finger stays aligned during a test procedure. The sensor tape has a double-sided tape layer having a silicon-based adhesive on a finger side and an acrylic adhesive on a sensor-side. An aperture is defined in the tape layer so as to allow emitters disposed in a top sensor pad to emit light through the tape layer to detectors disposed in a bottom sensor pad. A finger-side release layer is removably disposed over the silicon-based adhesive. A sensor-side release layer is removably disposed over the acrylic adhesive.

Claims

1. A finger-placement sensor tape aligns and removably secures a finger to a sensor pad of a reusable finger-clip optical sensor so as to assure the finger is repeatably aligned between the sensor emitters and detectors and that the finger stays aligned during a test procedure, the finger-placement sensor tape comprising:

a double-sided tape layer having a first adhesive on a finger side and a second adhesive on a sensor-side;

an aperture defined by the tape layer so as to allow emitters disposed in a top sensor pad to emit light through the tape layer to detectors disposed in a bottom sensor pad;

a finger-side release layer removably disposed over the first adhesive;

a sensor-side release layer removably disposed over the second adhesive;

the sensor-side release layer firstly removed from the tape layer so as to adhesively attach the tape layer within a finger bed portion of a sensor pad; and

the finger-side release layer secondly removed from the tape layer so as to adhere a finger to the tape layer and within the finger bed accordingly.

2. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 1 further comprising a peel tab extending from the sensor-side release layer so as to facilitate removal of the sensor-side release layer from the tape layer.

3. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 2 wherein the double-sided tape layer adhesively attaches to a sensor pad via the second adhesive after removal of the sensor-side release layer.

4. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 3 wherein a finger attaches to the double-sided tape layer via the first adhesive after removal of the finger-side release layer.

5. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 4 wherein the first adhesive is a silicon-based adhesive and the second adhesive is an acrylic-based adhesive.

6. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 5 further comprising a roll liner removably disposed on an adhesive-side of the finger-side release layer.

7. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 6 further comprising an applicator that attaches to the adhesive-side of the finger-side release layer after removal of the roll liner so as to facilitate placement of the double-sided tape layer within a reusable finger-clip sensor.

8. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 5 further comprising a pull tab extending from the finger-side release layer so as to facilitate removal of the finger-side release layer after placement of the double-sided tape layer within a reusable finger-clip sensor.

9. A finger-placement sensor method for securely adhering a fingertip within a reusable optical sensor having a top sensor pad and a bottom sensor pad urged proximate the fingertip in a closed sensor position, the finger-placement sensor method comprising:

configuring a double-sided tape layer having a first adhesive on a finger side and a second adhesive on a sensor-side;

disposing an aperture in the tape layer so as to allow emitters disposed in a top sensor pad to emit light through the tape layer to detectors disposed in a bottom sensor pad;

removing a sensor-side release layer disposed over the second adhesive; and

adhesively attaching the tape layer within a finger bed portion of the bottom sensor pad.

10. The finger-placement sensor method according to claim 9 further comprising removing the finger-side release layer from the tape layer so as to so as to expose the first adhesive, enabling the first adhesive to adhere a fingertip to the tape layer within the finger bed portion accordingly.

11. The finger-placement sensor method according to claim 10 further comprising disposing a third adhesive on the finger-side release layer.

12. The finger-placement sensor method according to claim 11 further comprising removably disposing a liner over the third adhesive.

13. The finger-placement sensor method according to claim 12 further comprising:

removing the liner to expose the third adhesive; and

attaching an applicator to the third adhesive.

14. The finger-placement sensor method according to claim 13 further comprising using the applicator to attach the double-sided tape layer within the finger bed.

15. The finger-placement sensor method according to claim 14 further comprising:

rolling the applicator and attached finger-side release layer off of the double-sided tape layer; and

removably adhering a finger tip on the exposed first adhesive.

16. A finger-placement sensor tape comprising:

a double-sided tape means for removably adhering a fingertip within a finger bed portion of a reusable, clip-on optical sensor;

a first adhesive means for adhering the tape means to the finger bed disposed on a sensor-side of the tape means;

a first release layer means disposed on the sensor-side of the tape means over the first adhesive means;

the first release layer means removed from the tape means so as to expose the first adhesive means and so as to attach the double-sided tape means to the finger bed portion of the optical sensor.

17. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 16 further comprising:

a second adhesive means disposed on a finger-side of the tape means;

a second release layer means disposed on the finger-side of the tape means over the second adhesive means; and

the second release layer removed from the tape means so as to expose the second adhesive means and secure a fingertip to the tape means and within the finger bed portion of the optical sensor.

18. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 17 further comprising:

a third adhesive disposed on a finger-side of the second release layer means; and

a third liner means disposed over the third adhesive.

19. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 18 further comprising an applicator means for attaching the double-sided tape means to the finger bed portion, the applicator means adhered to the third adhesive after removal of the third liner.

20. The finger-placement sensor tape according to claim 19 further comprising a pull tab means extending from the second release layer means.