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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Intermountain Intellectual Asset Management, Llc, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
T. Jared Bunch, South Jordan, UT (US);
Troy J. Orr, Draper, UT (US);
Assignee:
Intermountain Intellectual Asset Management, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/6853 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/12 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 5/4233 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/687 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00041 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00357 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1861 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01);
Abstract
Heat sensors can be positioned within an anatomical vessel of a patient so as to monitor temperature changes, such as during ablation procedures in the heart. Some heat sensors can include a wire that defines an extended heat sensing region capable of detecting a change in the local temperature. Some heat sensors can be conformable to an inner surface of a wall of an anatomical vessel to maintain contact therewith or to be in close proximity thereto.