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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Ronan Rogers, Galway, IE;
Matthew Fleming, Roscommon, IE;
Ronan Finn, Galway, IE;
Timothy Jones, Galway, IE;
Francis McEvoy, Laois, IE;
Joshua Hillas, Galway, IE;
James Keaveney, Galway, IE;
Sean Ward, Dublin, IE;
H. Allan Steingisser, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A catheter includes a proximal shaft, a distal shaft, a pressure sensor, and at least one pressure sensor wire. The proximal shaft is substantially C-shaped such that in cross-section, the proximal shaft includes a first circumferential end, a second circumferential end, and a gap between the first circumferential and circumferential end. The proximal shaft defines a groove configured to receive a guidewire therein. The distal shaft is coupled to the proximal shaft and defines a guidewire lumen therein. The pressure sensor is coupled to the distal shaft. The pressure sensor wire is operably connected to the pressure sensor. A proximal portion of the pressure sensor wire is disposed within a proximal shaft wall of the proximal shaft and a distal portion of the pressure sensor wire is disposed within a distal shaft wall of the distal shaft.