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MEDICAL APPARATUS WITH A SENSOR FOR DETECTING A FORCE

  • US 20100094163A1
  • Filed: 03/04/2008
  • Published: 04/15/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Medical apparatus (120,130) having a sensor (100,110) for detecting a force acting on the medical apparatus (120,130) in a longitudinal direction, the medical apparatus (120,130) comprising:

  • an opto-mechanical force transducer having a flexible part (22,42) for receiving the force;

    an optical guide (1) having an outcoupling surface (11) that faces the flexible part (22,42) of the opto-mechanical force transducer; and

    a photodetector which detects an interference pattern composed of light (32) in the optical guide (1) that is reflected from the outcoupling surface (11) of the optical guide (1) and of light (33) in the optical guide (1) that is reflected from the flexible part (11) of the opto-mechanical force transducer.

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