Patent ID: 9044202
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A sensor guide wire for intravascular measurement of a physiological variable in a living body or of an external signal, the sensor guide wire comprising: a proximal region, a distal sensor region, and a tip region; a core wire extending longitudinally through at least a portion of the sensor guide wire; a sensor element located in the distal sensor region, the sensor element having a sensitive portion configured to measure the physiological variable or external signal, and the sensor element being configured to generate a sensor signal in response to the physiological variable or the external signal; wherein the sensor element has an essentially planar main surface that extends in a plane that is essentially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sensor guide wire, wherein the sensor element includes an opening through which the core wire extends in a longitudinal direction of the sensor guide wire, and wherein the sensor element is mounted such that the sensitive portion faces the longitudinal direction of the sensor guide wire.