ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,985, issued on June 16, was assigned to VascoMed GmbH (Binzen, Germany).
"Catheter device comprising a sensor device for measuring a force effect" was invented by Frank Rehberger (Freiburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter device comprises a measuring device for measuring a force effect on the catheter device. The measuring device comprises a force transducer comprising a plurality of transducer sections and an optical fiber arranged on the force transducer, wherein the transducer sections form at least a pair of adjacent transducer sections which are connected to one another by means of a connecting section and whic...