US 12,064,225 B2
Pressure sensor and guide wire with hydrophilic material
Shawn Boye, Menlo Park, CA (US); Fredrik Mahlin, Uppsala (SE); Stefan Tiensuu, Uppsala (SE); Niklas Borg, Storvreta (SE); Johan Mattsson, Uppsala (SE); Johan Grundin, Alunda (SE); Mats Hilmersson, Bromma (SE); Sara Sundler, Uppsala (SE); Dean Hacker, Maple Grove, MN (US); and Ryan Cerepak, Champlin, MN (US)
Assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBA, Zaventem (BE)
Filed by ST. JUDE MEDICAL COORDINATION CENTER BVBA, Zaventem (BE)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/124,864.
Application 17/124,864 is a continuation of application No. 15/053,308, filed on Feb. 25, 2016, granted, now 10,898,090.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/121,243, filed on Feb. 26, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0169358 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 5/03 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/036 (2013.01) [A61B 5/021 (2013.01); A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/6851 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/17 (2017.08); A61M 2025/0002 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0003 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor wire for biological pressure measurement comprising:
an elongated member; and
a pressure sensor configured for biological pressure measurement, the pressure sensor being mounted at a distal end portion of the elongated member,
wherein a hydrophilic material is coated on a surface of the pressure sensor, the hydrophilic material being dissolvable in blood and dissolvable in saline solution.