US 11,857,148 B2
Medical devices with flexible circuit assemblies
Patrick A. Haverkost, Corcoran, MN (US); Martin R. Willard, Burnsville, MN (US); Derek C. Sutermeister, Ham Lake, MN (US); Joel N. Groff, Delano, MN (US); Jeffrey S. Lindquist, Maple Grove, MN (US); and Robert N. Squire, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/031,099.
Application 17/031,099 is a continuation of application No. 14/593,485, filed on Jan. 9, 2015, granted, now 10,828,090.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/926,082, filed on Jan. 10, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0000539 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61F 7/12 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61F 7/007 (2013.01); A61F 7/123 (2013.01); H05K 1/028 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00815 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1465 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1475 (2013.01); A61F 2007/126 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
a catheter shaft having a longitudinal axis;
a balloon comprising a cylindrical balloon body coupled to the catheter shaft;
a flexible circuit assembly coupled to the catheter shaft and the balloon, the flexible circuit assembly comprising a polymer substrate, a distal portion of the polymer substrate comprising the following distinct portions: an elongate first electrode strip, an elongate second electrode strip, and an elongate sensor strip disposed between and spaced apart from the first electrode strip and the second electrode strip over at least a portion of a length of the elongate sensor strip;
wherein a plurality of electrodes is disposed over the first electrode strip;
wherein a plurality of electrodes is disposed over the second electrode strip; and
wherein a plurality of sensors is disposed over the sensor strip.