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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2019
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Cory P. Wright, Woodbury, MN (US);
Nathaniel Stark, Plymouth, MN (US);
Wenguang Li, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Gaylin Mildred Yee, Newark, CA (US);
Neil Pollock, Hertfordshire, GB;
Mikhail E. Bashtanov, Cambridge, GB;
Fahad Hussain, Hertfordshire, GB;
Mette Funding La Cour, Cambridge, GB;
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Pressure sensing guidewires and methods for making and using pressure sensing guidewires are disclosed. An example pressure sensing guidewire may include a tubular member having a proximal region and a housing region. An optical pressure sensor may be disposed within the housing region. The optical pressure sensor may include a sensor body and a deflectable membrane coupled to the sensor body. The deflectable membrane may include a polymer. An optical fiber may be coupled to the sensor body and may extend proximally therefrom. A pressure equalization channel is formed in the optical fiber, the sensor body, or both.