Patent ID: 9655530
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A physiologic parameter sensing apparatus, comprising: a conformal frame configured to couple to a patient's forearm comprising an alignment element comprising an optical alignment guide and a sensor barrier, said frame comprising an aperture, said sensor barrier configured to traverse said aperture; a host assembly comprising an actuator device configured to mate with a sensor, said host assembly being removably coupled to said frame, and said sensor being placed in communication with said sensor barrier via said host assembly coupled to said frame; and one or more releasable attachment features configured to facilitate removal of said host assembly from said conformal frame, whereby said removal results in a removal of said actuator and said sensor from contact with said frame and said sensor barrier; wherein said sensor barrier is configured to permit one or more physiologic parameters to be sensed through said sensor barrier; wherein said optical alignment guide is configured to facilitate placement of said frame and said sensor relative to a blood vessel of a living subject; wherein said sensor comprises a removal apparatus configured to configured to enable removal of said sensor from said host assembly, said removal apparatus comprising: