US Patent Issued to NIHON KOHDEN on Nov. 25 for "Medical sensor, reusable portion of medical sensor, and disposable portion of medical sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,327, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NIHON KOHDEN Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medical sensor, reusable portion of medical sensor, and disposable portion of medical sensor" was invented by Hideki Fujisaki (Tokorozawa, Japan), Kazumasa Ito (Tokorozawa, Japan) and Yoshinori Ueda (Tokorozawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reusable portion includes a first connector and a light emitter. A disposable portion includes a support, a second connector and a light detector. The support has a translucent portion and adapted to be attached on a body of a subject. The second connector is supported by the support and configured to couple with the fi...