Patent ID: 11871900
Assignee: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 10:
11. The instrument (2) according to claim 1, wherein
said detector is a strain gage (42) integrally arranged along a surface of a membrane (22) of said gas-inflatable balloon (20), said strain-gage (42) configured to:
detect said modification of a stretch condition of said membrane (22) due to a contact (C) of said gas-inflatable balloon (20) in said inflated state (J) and a wall (90);
output a strain signal (52) responsive to said modification of said stretch condition, as said detection signal;

said processing unit (60) is configured to compute said contact force signal (54) comprising force values (F) responsive to said strain signal (52) according to said predetermined function.