The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

The University of Melbourne

Stephen John O'leary

Hwa-Yaw Tam

Denny Nurjanto Oetomo

Jean-Marc Gerard

Bernard Chen

Dinusha Serandi Gunawardena

Arvind Kumar N Vadivelu

Zhengyong Liu

A medical device that includes a carrier member, one or more operative components disposed in the carrier member, an optical fiber at least partly disposed in the carrier member, and at least one fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor array associated with the optical fiber and disposed in the carrier member. The carrier member includes an insertion end and side walls that contact the subject's body during positioning of the carrier member in the subject's body. The at least one FBG sensor array measures contact forces at one or both of the insertion end and along the side walls of the carrier member during positioning of the carrier member in the subject's body. A multi-core optical fiber configured for use in a medical device for positioning in a subject's body is also provided. A system and method for guiding positioning of a medical device in a subject's body is also provided.

Medical device and system and method for guiding positioning of same

Growing community of inventors

Victoria, Australia

Stephen John O'leary