Patent ID: 11950854
Assignee: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 24:
25. A catheter retrofit device comprising:
a mounting tube configured to accept a catheter and to a least partially conform to a shape of the catheter;
an optical fiber including a distal end in communication with at least a portion of the mounting tube; and
an acousto-optical sensor region disposed at the distal end of the optical fiber comprising:
a first fiber Bragg grating (FBG);
a second FBG;
a first antenna;
a second antenna;
a first piezoelectric transducer in mechanical communication with the first FBG and in electrical communication with the first antenna; and
a second piezoelectric transducer in mechanical communication with the second FBG and in electrical communication with the second antenna.