Patent ID: 9304018
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A61B,G01D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. Measurement apparatus comprising: a body suit for a body that includes an appendage having a pivotable joint, the body suit comprising a sleeve to cover the appendage, wherein a first portion of the sleeve is configured to cover the pivotable joint, one or more multi-core optical fiber sensors within or on the sleeve in a routing pattern that is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the sleeve except within the first portion where the routing pattern within the first portion is substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve; and an optical shape sensing system coupled to the one or more multi-core optical fiber sensors and configured to send light into the one or more multi-core optical fiber sensors and determine a position of each of the multiple appendages based on reflected optical signal measurements detected from one or more multi-core optical fiber sensors.