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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2018
Applicants:

Fbgs Technologies Gmbh, Jena, DE;

Fbgs International NV, Geel, BE;

Inventors:

Johan Vlekken, Diepenbeek, BE;

Bram Van Hoe, Ghent, BE;

Eric Lindner, Jena, DE;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/246 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61M 25/0105 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical system comprises a multicore fiber comprising at least two cores of which each core comprises at least one Fiber Bragg Grating. The optical system also comprises a force transducing element being bendable in one or more directions and being fixed to the multicore fiber so as to transduce force applied to the force transducing element to the multicore fiber, resulting into a bending and/or compression and/or tension of the multicore fiber. The multicore fiber is connectable or connected to a measurement system for optically measuring the response of at least one Fiber Bragg Grating, for each of at least 2 cores of the multicore fiber, as a result of the multicore fiber bending and/or compression and/or tension for deriving a characteristic of the force acting on the position of the force transducing element of the optical system.


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