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Method of assembling a positioning sensor and associated wiring on a medical tool

US9457167B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MediGuide Ltd. · IL

Inventors

Ran Sela · Givat Shmuel, IL
Lior Sobe · Even Yehuda, IL
Dan Seter · Haifa, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2014
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An elongate medical device having an axis comprises an inner liner, a jacket radially outward of the liner, a braid comprising metal embedded in the jacket, a sensor, and at least one wire electrically connected to said sensor. The at least one wire is one of: embedded in the jacket and optionally disposed helically around the braid; extending longitudinally within a tube which extends generally parallel to the device axis and wherein the tube is embedded in the jacket; and disposed within a lumen, wherein the lumen extends longitudinally within the jacket.

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