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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2010
Steven J. Jester, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Gregg S. Stenzel, Victoria, MN (US);
Steven R. Wedan, Savage, MN (US);
Peter Gabrail, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steven J. Jester, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Gregg S. Stenzel, Victoria, MN (US);
Steven R. Wedan, Savage, MN (US);
Peter Gabrail, Minneapolis, MN (US);
IMRICOR MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Burnsville, MN (US);
Abstract
A temperature monitoring system for a medical device comprises an optical transmit/receive unit, an elongate optical fiber having a proximal end, a distal end, and an inner core extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and one or more fiber Bragg grating elements formed in the inner core of the optical fiber. The optical fiber is operably coupled to the transmit/receive unit at the proximal end. At least a portion of the optical fiber is also operably coupled to a medical device and is structured to measure temperature at one or more temperature sensing locations on the medical device.