Patent ID: 6894427

Claim:
A thin, flexible, laminated, vibration transducer adapted for placement on a subject's nose for producing an electrical signal related to snoring episodes, the laminated transducer comprising: (a) an outer layer of adhesive tape having adhesive on one major surface thereof; (b) an intermediate layer of a flexible, conformable plastic film exhibiting piezoelectric properties and having a pattern of metallization on opposed major surfaces thereof, the intermediate layer being co-extensive with at least a predetermined portion of the outer layer; (c) first and second elongated conductors, each having an electrode at one end and an electrical connector at an opposite end, the electrode on the first conductor held in contact with the pattern of metallization on one of the opposed major surfaces of the layer of plastic film by the outer layer of adhesive tape; (d) an inner layer of adhesive tape having adhesive on each opposed major surfaces thereof, the electrode on the second conductor held in contact with the pattern of metallization on another of the major surfaces of the layer of plastic film by the adhesive on one major surface of the inner layer of adhesive tape; and (e) the outer and inner layers having a generally rectangular portion adapted to span a dorsum of the nose of the subject and an integrally attached pad portion for placement on a ala nasi.