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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin C Ladd, Redwood City, CA (US);
Clifford C Cox, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Cardiorhythm, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 34 ; 606 31 ; 606 41 ; 128736 ; 607 99 ; 607122 ;
Abstract
A system for checking the initial calibration of a temperature measuring device that provides a temperature measuring signal in a catheter includes a comparison unit for comparing the magnitude of the temperature signal to a reference value indicating the normal body temperature of the patient. The treatment procedure is disabled if the magnitude of the temperature signal is not within a predetermined range of the reference value.
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