A fibre Bragg grating manometry catheter for in-vivo diagnostics of swallowing disorders

Author

Arkwright, J.W. ; Doe, S.N. ; Smith, M.C. ; Blenman, N.G. ; Underhill, I.D. ; Maunder, S.A. ; Glasscock, J.A. ; Lim, B. ; Szczesniak, M.M. ; Dinning, P.G. ; Coo, I.J.

Author_Institution

CSIRO Mater. Sci. & Eng., Lindfield, NSW

fYear

2008

fDate

7-10 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Fibre Bragg grating based pressure sensing catheters for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal motility disorders are presented. These catheters have been successfully trialled under controlled clinical conditions and results from in-vivo trials are given.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; catheters; diseases; fibre optic sensors; manometers; patient diagnosis; pressure sensors; wavelength division multiplexing; dysphagia; fibre Bragg grating manometry catheter; fibre Bragg grating sensors; gastrointestinal motility disorders; in-vivo diagnostics; swallowing disorders; wavelength division multiplexing techniques; Australia; Bragg gratings; Catheters; Fiber gratings; Human resource management; Impedance measurement; Pressure control; Shape measurement; Thickness measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the

Conference_Location

Sydney

Print_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-85825-807-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610536

Filename

4610536