MEDICAL DEVICE WITH SENSOR COOPERATING WITH EXPANDABLE MEMBER

摘要

Disclosed is a method for attaching a sensor (3816) to an inflatable balloon (3810). The method involves bonding the sensor to the balloon with an adhesive while the balloon is in an expanded state and then collapsing the balloon after the adhesive has at least partially cured, and afterwards inverting the balloon such that the inner surface of the wall is exposed. This way the sensor and the leads will be inside the balloon. The method reduces the possibility of a failure of the bond between the sensor and the balloon. The method is particularly useful in the construction of a tissue ablation catheter for forming a lesion along a substantially circumferential region of tissue wherein a sensor is used for monitoring the temperature of the tissue being ablated.