Patent ID: 11957485
Assignee: SUREPULSE MEDICAL LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A hat for a neonate comprising:
a central portion, a first side portion and second side portion attached to opposite sides of the central portion, a first fastener;
a top flap and a second fastener;
wherein the hat has an unfolded configuration in which the first and second portions extend away from each other from the central portion in opposite directions; and a worn configuration in which the hat wraps a neonate's head with the central portion in contact with the back of the neonate's head, the first portion wrapped around a first side of the neonate's head and the second portion wrapped around a second side of the neonate's head;
the first and second portions being configured to be fastened together in the worn configuration by the first fastener so that the first portion, central portion and second portion together define a hat rim encircling the neonate's head; and
the top flap is configured to cover the top of the neonate's head in the worn configuration, with the top flap being configured to be fastened to at least one of the first, central and second portions by the second fastener wherein the hat covers most of the top of the neonate's head in the worn configuration;
the hat further comprising an optical physiological sensor carried by the first portion, the physiological sensor held in contact with the forehead of the neonate by the first portion, the physiological sensor comprising:
a flexible circuit board, a light emitter, and a light detector; the flexible circuit board having:
a sensor portion to which the light emitter and light detector are connected;
a module portion including contacts for electrically connecting the light emitter and light detector to a removable readout module; and

an elongate lead portion between the sensor portion and module portion.