US 12,303,653 B2
Elongate medical tools including printed circuit boards
Amanuel Seretse, New Brighton, MN (US); Jason M. Romanowski, Bloomington, MN (US); Andy Blommer, Plymouth, MN (US); and Patrick P. Senarith, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar (CA)
Filed by Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,859.
Application 17/517,859 is a division of application No. 16/379,605, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,191,923.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054799 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0097 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); H05K 1/0277 (2013.01); H05K 1/11 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H05K 3/0014 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling a tool adapted for insertion into a physiological lumen of a patient, the method comprising:
obtaining a core, the core having an elongate, tubular shape;
disposing a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly relative to the core so that at least a portion of the PCB assembly is beyond a distal end of the core, the PCB assembly including a PCB substrate and an electronic component disposed on the PCB substrate;
coupling the PCB substrate to the core;
electrically coupling the electronic component to a hub coupled to the core; and
applying an outer sheath about the core and the PCB assembly so that a first portion of the outer sheath surrounds and extends along a distal segment of the core at the distal end and a second portion of the outer sheath surrounds and extends along the PCB substrate.