Sensing temperature with plurality of catheter sensors

Details Sensing temperature with plurality of catheter sensors Sensing temperature with plurality of catheter sensors

1997-02-24

1998-11-10

Lacyk, John P.

Surgery

Instruments

Electrical application

606 15, 606 45, A61B 1739

Patent

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058336885

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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