Patent ID: 8852125

Claim:
A male connector for a sensor guide wire for intravascular measurement of a physiological variable in a living body, comprising: a plurality of spaced apart conductive members, extending at least partially along the length of the male connector, and a plurality of conductive areas separated from each other by insulating areas, disposed along the male connector, wherein each of the conductive members are connected to a respective conductive area, wherein the conductive members and the conductive and insulating areas are formed on an elongated strip of thin flexible insulating material, and the conductive members are provided on a first surface of the elongated strip and the conductive areas are provided on a second, opposing surface of the elongated strip, wherein said elongated strip is helically wound to form said male connector such that the conductive members are arranged at an inner surface of the male connector, and the conductive and insulating areas are arranged at an outer surface of the male connector, wherein the male connector comprises a plurality of first sections including the conductive areas, and a plurality of second sections including the insulating areas, and wherein, in the helically wound state, the first and second sections alternate such that the first sections are insulated from one another by the second sections.