Patent ID: 8556883

Claim:
An engagement system of a surgical sensor assembly, formed of a sensing component in a fixed position upon, and communicating with, a lead wire, said engagement system comprising: a jacket of polymeric material; said jacket being formed by a first lumen of a multi-lumen catheter; said first lumen having a first seal at a distal end and a second seal at a proximal end of said catheter; a distance between said first seal and said second seal thereby defining a distance of said first lumen; said distance being equal to or slightly less than an aggregate length of said surgical sensor assembly formed by an said sensing component in operative electrical engagement to said lead wire; contact of said sensing component and said lead wire with said first and said second seals, providing a biasing force upon said sensing component, said biasing holding said sensing component in said operative electrical engagement to said lead wire; and said jacket positioned to surround both said lead wire and said sensing component for an aggregate length of said assembly formed of said sensing component operatively engaged to said lead wire, whereby said sensing component is held in operative electrical engagement to said lead wire by a contact between said jacket and respective exterior surfaces of said sensing component and said lead wire.