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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2004
Robert B. Schock, Sparta, NJ (US);
Jonathan Williams, Montville, NJ (US);
Daniel A. Walters, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Robert B. Schock, Sparta, NJ (US);
Jonathan Williams, Montville, NJ (US);
Daniel A. Walters, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Datascope Investment Corp., Montvale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A balloon catheter has a balloon membrane, a tip connected to the distal end of the balloon membrane and an outer tube connected to the proximal end of the balloon membrane for supplying a medium for inflating and deflating the balloon membrane. A pressure sensor, such as a fiber optic sensor, may be mounted in a pocket in the tip. The pocket may be filled with a flexible substance which both communicates pressure to and protects the pressure sensor. A membrane may overlie the pocket to prevent leakage of the flexible substance therefrom.