Patent ID: 8750954

Claim:
A pulse oximetry patch adapted for placement adjacent to tissue to be tested, comprising: an upper layer comprising a display window; a bottom layer configured to be disposed on a tissue measurement site of a patient; and a middle layer disposed between the upper layer and the bottom layer comprising: one or more light emitters and one or more light detectors, the emitters and detectors configured to acquire physiological data from the patient; a drive engine configured to activate the one or more light emitters; an oximetry engine configured to receive a signal corresponding to the physiological data acquired by the detectors and generate an output corresponding to the physiological data; and a display adapted to receive the output corresponding to the physiological data; and wherein the upper layer and the bottom layer are configured to be separated from each other to enable the removal of the middle layer, and wherein the upper and bottom layers are disposable and the middle layer is reusable.