BAR-TAL, MEIR,REUVENI, AVI,HIRSZOWICZ, ERAN YONA,HIRSZOWICZ, STAV ABI
申请号:
CA2978799
公开号:
CA2978799A1
申请日:
2017.09.07
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
Described embodiments include apparatus that includes acatheter. A tube, at a distal portion of the catheter, includesa plurality of segments that are at least partly disconnectedfrom each other, and a plurality of bridges that span respectiveneighboring pairs of the segments.The apparatus furtherincludes one or more strain gauges, each of the strain gaugesbeing coupled to a respective one of the bridges, and beingconfigured to output a signal in response to bending of therespective one of the bridges. Other embodiments are alsodescribed.