Embedded multiplexed polymer optical fiber sensor for esophageal manometry

Author

Van Hoe, Bram ; Bosman, Erwin ; Missinne, Jeroen ; Van Steenberge, Geert ; Van Daele, Peter ; Zhang, Wei ; Johnson, Ian ; Sugden, Kate ; Webb, David J. ; Kalli, Kyriacos

Author_Institution

ELIS/INTEC Dept., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium

fYear

2011

fDate

28-31 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

1499

Lastpage

1502

Abstract

There is a growing interest for esophageal measurements which can provide important and reliable data when diagnosing the motor function of the sphincters and the esophageal body. Biocompatibility, sensing resolution and the comfort of the patient are key parameters for manometric sensing systems. A new sensing approach which could fulfill all these needs is presented in this paper consisting of an embedded polymer fiber sensor, based on multiplexed fiber Bragg gratings. A response to a radial pressure almost 6 times that of a comparable silica fiber based sensor is obtained.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; biomedical equipment; fibre optic sensors; manometers; polymer fibres; biocompatibility; embedded multiplexed polymer optical fiber sensor; esophageal body; esophageal manometry; esophageal measurement; manometric sensing system; multiplexed fiber Bragg grating; sphincter motor function diagnosis; Bragg gratings; Electron tubes; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Polymers; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Limerick

ISSN

1930-0395

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9290-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2011.6127216

Filename

6127216