Patent ID: 9597023
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: A61B,G16H

Claim:
1. An oximetry assembly comprising: a cable assembly including a proximal end and a distal end; an oximetry sensor located at the distal end of the cable assembly, the oximetry sensor configured to attach to a finger and comprising at least one emitter and at least one detector, the at least one emitter configured to transmit light at one or more wavelengths into tissue, the at least one detector configured to receive the light after the light passes through or is reflected by the tissue and to generate raw oximetry data based on the light received; an analog-to-digital converter housed within the cable assembly and configured to receive the raw oximetry data from the oximetry sensor and to digitize the raw oximetry data into digital oximetry data; a connector located at the proximal end of the cable assembly and configured to removably couple the cable assembly to a patient monitor; an actuatable structure disposed on the cable assembly and configured to be actuated into a first configuration, wherein the actuatable structure generates a first signal indicative of a first selected protocol from a group of communication protocols in response to a user input that places the actuatable structure in the first configuration, and the actuatable structure comprises a button or a switch; and a processor housed within the cable assembly and programmed to communicate using the group of communication protocols and to receive the digital oximetry data from the analog-to-digital converter, and the actuatable structure is configured to transmit the first signal indicative of the first selected protocol to the processor, and the processor is programmed to receive the first signal from the actuatable structure and to use the first selected protocol based on the first signal to transmit the digital oximetry data to the patient monitor, and the group of communication protocols comprise instructions decodable by the processor and the selected protocol comprises instructions decodable by the processor and the patient monitor.