Patent ID: 9237850
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A61B,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A probe device for use in noninvasive monitoring of at least one parameter of a region of interest in a subject's body, the probe device comprising a support structure and a control unit wherein: said support structure configured to be put in contact with the body part, the support structure comprising: at least one acoustic output port associated with an acoustic unit and an arrangement of light ports comprising light input and output ports associated with respectively a detection assembly and an illumination assembly, said arrangement of light ports comprising at least one light output port located within an aperture of the acoustic unit, and a plurality of the light input ports located around said at least one light output port, wherein location of said light output and input ports is interchangeable, said arrangement of the light ports thereby defining pairs of the light output and input ports characterized by different source-detector distances r wherein said control unit is connected to said arrangement of light ports and the at least one acoustic output port, and is preprogrammed to manage a measurement session by selecting the at least one operative pair of the operative light input and output ports with respect to the at least one acoustic output port to provide an operating condition of the probe during the measurement session, the operating condition corresponding to at least one selected value of the source detector distance r