Patent ID: 8489165

Claim:
A device for measuring blood and physiological characteristics, the device configured for deployment on a finger, the device comprising: (a) a main housing having a lower finger-trough configured to engage the bottom side of the finger, said lower finger-trough having an open end, a closed end and having cross-sectional contours that are complimentary to a bottom side of the finger; (b) a closeable lid having an upper finger-trough having an open end and a closed end that corresponds to said lower finger-trough, said lid being hingedly attached to said main housing and latchable in a closed position; (c) at least one finger stabilizing element configured for deployment in said upper finger-trough and configured to engage a top side of the finger; (d) at least one light source deployed on a sloped portion of said closed end of said lower finger-trough; (e) at least one light sensor opening configured in a bottom surface of said lower finger-trough; and (f) an end cap configured for deployment on the device when said lid is in a closed position so as to substantially close said open ends of said upper and lower finger-troughs.