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Method for assembly of a directly exposed catheter sensor on a support tip

  • US 5,050,297 A
  • Filed: 09/21/1989
  • Issued: 09/24/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for assembling and supporting a sensor with a first side and a second side at a distal end of a catheter tube comprising the steps of:

  • a) mounting said sensor to a support member with a distal end shaped to ease introduction of a catheter into a living body and a proximal extension sized and shaped for fitment of said extension into a lumen of said catheter, the said support member distal end and said proximal extension joined by an intermediate part for peripherally supporting said sensor over an open recess in said intermediate part;

    b) attaching said sensor to an area whereupon there is a means for connection to electrical conductors, said conductors transmitting input to and signals from said sensor;

    c) inserting said proximal extension into a lumen of said catheter with said conductors passing through said lumen; and

    d) peripherally sealing said sensor over said open recess, said recess communicatively connected to said lumen of said catheter and open to said second side of said sensor with said first side of said sensor exposed to said living body.

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