Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical physiological sensor modules with reduced signal noise
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Application No.: US15324139Application Date: 2015-07-22
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Publication No.: US10536768B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Wolfgang Wagner , Shawn Stephenson , Steven Matthew Just , Michael Edward Aumer , Jesse Berkley Tucker , Lawrence Christopher Eschbach , Steven Francis LeBoeuf
- Applicant: Valencell, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Raleigh
- Assignee: Valencell, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Valencell, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Raleigh
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2015/041562 WO 20150722
- International Announcement: WO2016/022295 WO 20160211
- Main IPC: H04R1/10
- IPC: H04R1/10 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/1455 ; A61B5/026

Abstract:
An optical sensor module for detecting and/or measuring physiological information that can be integrated into a wearable device, such as a headset, a wristband, a ring, etc., includes a housing supporting an optical source and an optical detector. The housing overlies the optical source and optical detector and includes a first light guide comprising light transmissive material in optical communication with the optical source and a second light guide comprising light transmissive material in optical communication with the optical detector. The first and second light guides define respective first and second axial directions that are outwardly diverging. When the sensor module is in use and placed adjacent the skin of a user, light rays emanating from the optical source and directed into the skin of the user cannot overlap with light rays returning through the skin of the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170209095A1 Optical Physiological Sensor Modules with Reduced Signal Noise Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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