Heraeus Deutschland Gmbh & Co Kg

Heraeus Medical Components LLC

Michael Grimm

Stefan Schibli

Mark A Hjelle

Ilias Nikolaidis

Ronald Von Wald

Trent Birkholz

David Johnson

Mark Erie

Malte Naujoks

Jack Dant

Jason Albers

Douglas Pletcher

One aspect is a medical guidewire including a core wire with a proximal end extending out to a distal end and a resilient portion coupled to the distal end of the core wire at a distal tip section of the guidewire. The resilient portion includes a superelastic material.

Resilient tip and method

One aspect relates to a catheter system, a use of such catheter system and a manufacturing method for such catheter system. The catheter system includes an at least partially flexible catheter body, at least a ring electrode, and at least a strain gauge. The ring electrode surrounds at least a portion of the flexible catheter body. The strain gauge is allocated to the ring electrode and the strain gauge is configured to measure a deformation of the flexible catheter body at a position allocated to the ring electrode to detect a contact between the ring electrode and tissue.

Catheter system

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Bad Vilbel, Germany

Michael Grimm