Surgery – Instruments
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-09
2011-11-01
Farah, Ahmed (Department: 3769)
Surgery
Instruments
C073S862621, C073S862624, C385S013000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08048063
ABSTRACT:
A catheter for diagnosis or treatment of a vessel or organ is provided in which a flexible elongated body includes a tri-axial force sensor formed of a housing and a plurality of optical fibers associated with the housing that measure changes in the intensity of light reflected from the lateral surfaces of the housing resulting from deformation caused by forces applied to a distal extremity of the housing. A controller receives an output of the optical fibers and computes a multi-dimensional force vector corresponding to the contact force.
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Aeby Nicolas
Leo Giovanni
Endosense SA
Farah Ahmed
Patterson Thuente Christensen Pedersen PA
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