Holder sleeve for positioning a detecting and measuring sensor
First Claim
1. A holder for securely positioning a sensor on a protruding part of a human body, which sensor includes a light source transmitter and a receiver sensitive to radiation emitted by the transmitter, comprising:
- an elastically expandable sleeve having an inside surface surrounding a longitudinal axis adapted to receive and surround a protruding part of a body;
two diametrically opposite sections on said sleeve, each of said sections having recess means on said inside surface opening toward said axis for receiving one of the transmitter and the receiver and to permit radiation to pass through the body between the receiver or transmitter; and
portions of said sleeve between said opposite sections having pluralities of folds adjacent one another around said sleeve in a circumferential direction of said sleeve, each of said folds including inner angle parts defining at least a portion of a contact surface for engaging a body surface, said folds forming a spring;
whereby, a transmitter and a receiver received in said recess means can be pressed against diametrically opposite surface areas of a body protruding part.
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Abstract
A holder sleeve locks a detecting and measuring sensor into position, especially a detecting and measuring sensor for oximetric measurements, on the surface of a protruding part of a human body. The sensor includes a light source and a receiver which is sensitive to its radiation. The sleeve is elastically expandable and completely surrounds the body protruding part. each of two diametrically opposite sections of the sleeve has a recess opening to the sleeve inside surface or is radiation-permeable to receive and hold the transmitter or the receiver. Both portions of the sleeve lying between these sections have pluralities of folds following one another around the sleeve periphery, with each fold forming a spring.
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10 Claims
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1. A holder for securely positioning a sensor on a protruding part of a human body, which sensor includes a light source transmitter and a receiver sensitive to radiation emitted by the transmitter, comprising:
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an elastically expandable sleeve having an inside surface surrounding a longitudinal axis adapted to receive and surround a protruding part of a body; two diametrically opposite sections on said sleeve, each of said sections having recess means on said inside surface opening toward said axis for receiving one of the transmitter and the receiver and to permit radiation to pass through the body between the receiver or transmitter; and portions of said sleeve between said opposite sections having pluralities of folds adjacent one another around said sleeve in a circumferential direction of said sleeve, each of said folds including inner angle parts defining at least a portion of a contact surface for engaging a body surface, said folds forming a spring; whereby, a transmitter and a receiver received in said recess means can be pressed against diametrically opposite surface areas of a body protruding part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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