Molly Lara Flexman,Milan Jan Henri Marell,Paul Thienphrapa
申请号：
US16314996
公开号：
US20190307995A1
申请日:
2017.07.11
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
A sensor device includes a flexible instrument (20) including a lumen (22). A plurality of shape or strain sensing optical fibers (14, 16, 18) is integrated in the flexible instrument in the lumen and extends over a length of the flexible instrument. The plurality of optical fibers is configured to measure movement relative to one another to sense a change in distance between the plurality of optical fibers to detect a state of a reconfigurable portion (24) of the flexible instrument.
