Patent ID: 8175672

Claim:
A disposable portion of an optical probe usable to determine at least one physiological parameter, the disposable portion comprising a bandage including adhesive on at least a portion of at least one face thereof, the bandage comprising a first modular housing component attached to a surface of the bandage at a first position, the first modular housing component configured to receive and removably engage a modular probe emitter, the bandage comprising a second modular housing component attached to the surface of the bandage at a second position, the second position being spaced from the first position, the second modular housing component configured to receive and removably engage a modular probe detector, the bandage configured with sufficient flexibility that the first modular housing component attached to the bandage surface at the first position is positioned generally opposite the second modular housing component attached to the bandage surface at the second position when the bandage is positioned on an appendage of a patient for sensing a physiological parameter of the patient.