Combined pressure-volume sensor and guide wire assembly

US6926674B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Radi Medical Systems AB · SE

Inventors

• Lars Tenerz · Uppsala, SE
• Leif Smith · Uppsala, SE
• Ola Hammarström · Lerdala, SE
• Lars-Ake Brodin · Täby, SE
• Hakan Elmqvist · Bromma, SE
• Emil Söderqvist · Tumba, SE
• Camilla Carlsson · Ayacucho, PE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 19, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2005
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2230/65
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a sensor and guide wire assembly including a pressure sensor having a plurality of terminals, the sensor being mounted in the distal end region of a core wire. It also includes two to four electrodes for conductance measurement, also provided in the distal end region. Two electrodes are electrically insulated from each other.