Patent ID: 9700249
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a monitor; and a sensor assembly coupled to the monitor by a cable, the sensor assembly including a circuit board electrically coupled to at least one light emitting device and coupled to at least one photodetector, the at least one light emitting device configured to emit light into a tissue and the at least one photodetector configured to provide an output signal on a cathode terminal of the at least one photodetector, the output signal based on light detected by a planar active area of the at least one photodetector, the planar active area aligned with an aperture in a conductor of the circuit board, the conductor electrically connected to an anode terminal on a side of the planar active area of the photodetector; and wherein the monitor is configured to receive data corresponding to the output signal and corresponding to at least one of oximetry information for the tissue and physiological information for the tissue.