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

  • US 9,457,167 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2014
  • Issued: 10/04/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An elongate medical device having a longitudinal axis, said medical device comprising:

  • an inner liner;

    a braid comprising metal radially outward of said liner;

    a body portion comprising a jacket radially outward of said liner wherein said jacket includes an outer surface, said jacket including a circumferentially-extending first groove in said outer surface configured to receive a sensor, said jacket further including a longitudinally-extending second groove in said outer surface configured to receive a wire; and

    a sensor disposed in said first groove, said wire being electrically coupled to said sensor.

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