US4191193A
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Catheter head-type transducer
Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1977-02-22
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Granted: 1980-03-04
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Expires: 1997-02-22
Abstract
Abstract A catheter having a transducer that comprises an organic high polymer filmlike piezoelectric element or elements. The catheter has the capacity of converting, safely and with accurate wave shapes, pressure in the living body, for example blood pressure, pressure in a thorax, or intrauterine pressure, into an electric signal. By means of this catheter, pressure in the living body can be measured.
Inventors
- 👤 Iwao Seo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:16
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/02; A61B5/021; A61B5/0215; G; G01; G01L; G01L9/00; G01L9/08; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M2025/0001; A61M2025/0002; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S310/00; Y10S310/80
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A catheter comprising a tube having a length and a tip, and a transducer on said tip which is comprised of a pair of organic high polymer filmlike piezoelectric elements being mounted on each opposite face of a rectangular shim having feet at each end fixed to and raising the piezoelectric elements from a relatively undeformable inner wall of the catheter tube so that said piezoelectric elements are centrally distorted in response to fluid pressure exerted on said tip, said shim being fixed to the inner wall of the catheter tube at the catheter tip, said piezoelectric elements being adhered to said shim with opposing sides of the same pole to said shim, and conductor means comprising a cable connected respectively with both piezoelectric elements and said shim extending through said tube to conduct the electrical signal generated by the transducer to means for receiving it.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
A catheter comprising a tube having a length and a tip, and a transducer on said tip which is comprised of a pair of organic high polymer filmlike piezoelectric elements being mounted on each opposite face of a rectangular shim having feet at each end fixed to and raising the piezoelectric elements from a relatively undeformable inner wall of the catheter tube so that said piezoelectric elements are centrally distorted in response to fluid pressure exerted on said tip, said shim being fixed to the inner wall of the catheter tube at the catheter tip, said piezoelectric elements being adhered to said shim with opposing sides of the same pole to said shim, and conductor means comprising a cable connected respectively with both piezoelectric elements and said shim extending through said tube to conduct the electrical signal generated by the transducer to means for receiving it.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A catheter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric elements are from the group consisting of from 10 to 90 percent by volume polyacetal, polyamids or polyvinylidene fluoride and from 90 to 10 percent by volume piezoelectric ceramics, and electretized.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
95 words
A catheter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element or elements are from the group consisting of piezoelectric material which comprises a composite of blend polymer resin and piezoelectric ceramics, the blend polymer resin being from the group consisting of from 99 to 20 percent by weight polyacetal, polyamide or polyvinylidene fluoride and from 1 to 80 percent by weight polar polymer, the blend polymer resin being added to the piezoelectric ceramics so that amount of the blend polymer is from 10 to 90 percent by volume, the composite being molded and electretized.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A catheter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element consist of stretched polyvinylidene fluoride electretized by electric field.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
A catheter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transducer is a bimorph-type.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A catheter according to claim 1, wherein said shim is a thin plate of 20 to 500μ in thickness from the group consisting of phosphor bronze, copper, or stainless steel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
A catheter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element is made from the group consisting of from 10 to 90 percent by volume polyacetal, polyamide or polyvinylidene flouride and from 90 to 10 percent by volume piezoelectric ceramics, and electretized.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
77 words
A catheter as claimed in claim 1, wherein said piezoelectric element is made of blend polymer resin and piezoelectric ceramics, said blend polymer resin consisting of 99 to 20 percent by weight polyacetal resin and from 1 to 80 percent by weight polar polymer, said blend polymer resin being added to the piezoelectric ceramic so that the amount of the blend polymer is from 10 to 90 percent by volume, the composite being molded to film andelectretized.
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