US 12,150,786 B2
Sensor arrangement for mounting on a guidewire or catheter
Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp, Beek en Donk (NL); Antonia Cornelia Van Rens, Nuenen (NL); Roland Alexander Van De Molengraaf, Geldrop (NL); and Arjen Van Der Horst, Tilburg (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 16/970,424
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/053936
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/166254, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18158860 (EP), filed on Feb. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106280 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/1473 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); G01D 11/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/6851 (2013.01) [G01D 11/30 (2013.01); A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/026 (2013.01); A61B 5/1473 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 2562/063 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor arrangement, comprising:
a foil configured for conduction of electrical signals;
a first terminal structure electrically coupled to the foil, wherein the first terminal structure comprises a first side and an opposite, second side, wherein the first side of the first terminal structure is attached to the foil;
a second terminal structure electrically coupled to the foil, wherein the second terminal structure comprises a first side and an opposite, second side, wherein the first side of the second terminal structure is attached to the foil; and
a first sensor electrically coupled the first terminal structure,
wherein the second terminal structure is configured to be electrically coupled to a second sensor,
wherein the foil comprises a first fold such that the second side of the second terminal structure is positioned over the foil,
wherein the foil comprises a second fold second side of the first terminal structure is positioned over the foil,
wherein the first sensor is positioned over the foil between the first terminal structure and the second terminal structure.