Patent ID: 11879626
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 10:
11. A method for making a patient monitoring system, comprising:
coupling a light-emitting diode (LED) communicatively to a communication interface;
coupling a detector capable of detecting light communicatively to a communication interface;
positioning a layer of material over the LED and facing a patient-side of the sensor, without a corresponding layer of material provided over the detector on the patient-side of the sensor, wherein the layer of material is configured to reduce the thermal transmission of the LED to the patient-side of the sensor;
positioning a patient-side layer over the layer of material; and
folding a bandage over the patient-side layer to secure the layer of material and the LED between the bandage and the patient-side layer.