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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Sensuron Llc, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Alex Tongue, Austin, TX (US);
Justin Braun, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
SENSURON LLC, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01B 11/245 (2006.01); G02B 6/04 (2006.01); G01D 5/353 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/245 (2013.01); G01B 11/2441 (2013.01); G01D 5/35316 (2013.01); G02B 6/02076 (2013.01); G02B 6/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are various implementations of a fiber optic shape-sensing system comprising a plurality of optical fibers helically twisted and rigidly bonded to form a linearly-running shape-sensing bundle for measuring position, bend, and twist of the shape-sensing bundle, wherein each optical fiber from among the plurality of optical fibers comprises a single core. Several such implementations of the systems further comprise an array of Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) disposed within the core of each single-core optical fiber from among the plurality of single-core optical fibers.