Patent ID: 8106741

Claim:
A sensor, comprising: an elongate flexible tube; a wire extending though the tube from a proximal end to a distal end, the wire including a coiled portion within the tube, and the wire returning from the distal end to the proximal end exterior to the tube; a first tape-covered band connecting the wire to the proximal end of the tube; a second tape-covered band connecting the wire to the distal end of the tube; a third tape-covered band connecting the wire to itself at a portion of the wire exterior to the distal end of the tube, the third band forming a loop in the wire at an end of the third band opposite the tube; and a fourth tape-covered band connecting the wire to itself at a portion of the wire exterior to the proximal end of the tube; wherein the wire originates and terminates near the proximal end of the tube, enabling the sensor to be used with communication electronics disposed at the proximal end of the tube.