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New pressure sensing elements for FFR coronary catheter

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Pages 100-110 | Received 25 Jan 2019, Accepted 28 Apr 2019, Published online: 03 Jun 2019
 

Abstract

The next generation FFR Coronary Catheter includes a new stable pressure sensor, AD conversion at the tip of the catheter and mount of these components on the sidewall of the catheter instead of the guide wire enabling thus to use standard guide wires. The new ultrathin capacitive MEMS pressure sensor die with corresponding readout ASIC circuit offers better accuracy, robustness and automated assembly. The measured performance values of the fabricated chips correlate well with the simulated ones indicating comprehensive understanding of the sensor operation and control of the fabrication process. The test measurements outperformed the specifications for the FFR pressure sensing.

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There are no potential conflict of interest.

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Funding

This work was done in the frame of the ENIAC “INCITE” project No.621278 and partially financed by the ENIAC JU and TEKES the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (http://www.incite-project.eu/).

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