DAMAGE EVIDENT TRANSDUCER CABLE

摘要

A medical cable that has been potentially damaged due to a severe bend, kink or other trauma, produces a visual indication of a location where the cable may have been damaged. In one embodiment, the cable is formed from a hollow tube where the walls of the tube contain dye-filled capsules or microspheres that break if subjected to trauma. The tube is formed of a transparent or semi-transparent polymer that allows the dye in the broken capsules to be seen thereby providing a visual indication of a location where the trauma has occurred.

主权项

1. A cable for a medical device, comprising:
a flexible tube having a hollow lumen in which components of the cable can be routed and a wall that surrounds the lumen; and a number of capsules within the wall that are configured to break when subjected to trauma in order to produce a visual indication at a site of the trauma.