US 11,998,356 B2
Sensor jacket
Mats Hilmersson, Bromma (SE)
Assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBA, Zaventem (BE)
Filed by ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBA, Zaventem (BE)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/736,240.
Application 17/736,240 is a continuation of application No. 16/551,971, filed on Aug. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,547,359.
Application 16/551,971 is a continuation of application No. 13/806,380, granted, now 10,426,404, previously published as PCT/EP2011/060008, filed on Jun. 16, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/359,954, filed on Jun. 30, 2010.
Claims priority of application No. 1050717-6 (SE), filed on Jun. 30, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257194 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6851 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/02152 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0002 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0003 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor guide wire for intravascular measurement of a physiological variable, comprising:
a core wire extending at least partly along a length of the sensor guide wire;
a sensor element in a sensor region of the sensor guide wire;
a jacket having a jacket wall, the jacket being fixed relative to the core wire; and
at least one lead connected to the sensor element;
wherein the jacket is tubular and includes a proximal end opening, a distal end opening, and a first set of openings extending through the jacket wall, and
wherein the first set of openings extending through the jacket wall includes a first opening located above the sensor element, a second opening located at a first lateral side of the sensor element, and a third opening located at a second lateral side of the sensor element, and wherein the first, second, and third openings are elongated in a longitudinal direction of the jacket, and are aligned in a circumferential direction of the jacket.