Patent ID: 8914088
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A monitoring system comprising: a sensor capable of being operatively coupled to a medical monitor, the sensor comprising: a sensor body capable of being applied to a patient's tissue; an adaptive light emitting structure disposed on the sensor body and configured to emit light at a first wavelength, wherein the adaptive light emitting structure comprises a plurality of configurable elements configured to be independently addressed to change a path of the emitted light from at least one of the configurable elements relative to at least one other configurable element of the plurality of configurable elements and to change an intensity profile of light at the first wavelength emitted by the adaptive light emitting structure; and a detector disposed on the sensor body and spaced apart from the adaptive light emitting structure, wherein the detector is capable of detecting at least a portion of the emitted light; and a medical monitor comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to independently address the configurable elements of the adaptive light emitting element to change the path and the intensity profile of the emitted light.