Sensor device for minimally invasive surgery deployable medical instrument e.g. medical catheter, has optical identification element that is integrated in core of glass fiber

摘要

The sensor device has optical fibers (26) which is a fiber-optical sensor element, and an identification element such as optical identification element for identifying the sensor element. The optical identification element is integrated in a core of the glass fiber. The regions (24) in the glass fiber are formed of different refractive indices.