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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2010
Applicants:
Mark T. Bieberich, Edina, MN (US);
Albert P. Van Duren, Chaska, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mark T. Bieberich, Edina, MN (US);
Albert P. Van Duren, Chaska, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01); G01K 1/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/165 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/6833 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); G01K 1/16 (2013.01); G01K 13/002 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0276 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disposable, zero-heat-flux, deep tissue temperature probes are constructed using a support assembly constituted of a flexible substrate that supports elements of the probe. One support assembly embodiment includes a folded substrate with a heater and thermal sensors disposed on it. Another support assembly includes multiple sections separable into strata supporting a covering guard heater, a central thermal sensor, and a thermal sensor displaced at least radially from the central thermal sensor.