Sensing temperature with plurality of catheter sensors
US5833688A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2018/00821
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A dual temperature sensor assembly is used in an ablation catheter. The sensor assembly includes a thermistor and a thermocouple. The ablation catheter has a body with a distal end and a proximal end. An ablation member (e.g., an electrode for providing energy) is disposed at the distal end of the body for ablating tissue. The sensor assembly allows the ablation catheter to be used with any known generator/controller unit, either the thermistor-based kind or the thermocouple-based kind.
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