Fiber-optic force sensor, force measurement device and catheter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9689759
APP PUB NO 20140081264A1
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13974615

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A fiber-optic force sensor, comprising an FBG fiber that has a force sensor region, to which bracing means to eliminate or decouple laterally effective forces and bending moments are assigned in such a way that the force sensor has a predominantly single-axis response characteristic to detect merely the magnitude of a force acting axially in the fiber direction.

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VASCOMED GMBH79589 BINZEN

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Bitzer, Andreas Zurich, CH 10 34
Fandrey, Stephan Affoltern am Albis, CH 10 48

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