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System and method for integrating electromagnetic microsensors in guidewires

  • US 9,002,435 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2008
  • Issued: 04/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A guidewire assembly, comprising:

  • a substantially flexible flat member having been wound into coils to form a spring-like flexible tip member having a side and an end;

    a plurality of projections separated and bent away from the side of the flat member so that they extend in a direction different from the direction in which the coils are wound; and

    at least one electromagnetic microsensor attached to each of the plurality of projections, wherein the at least one electromagnetic microsensor comprises an electromagnetic microcoil with a ferrite core and wire wound around the ferrite core.

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