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Patent Number: 9387032
Patent Date: 2016-07-12
Patent type: utility
A method of detecting a thermocouple short circuit in a medical device, including obtaining a first temperature measurement from a thermocouple of the medical device; obtaining a second temperature measurement from the thermocouple; calculating a rate of change over time between the first and second temperature measurements; comparing the calculated rate of change over time to a predefined rate of change over time threshold; and generating an indication of a thermocouple short circuit based at least in part on the comparison.
Inventors
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory J. | Martin | - | - | - |
| Duane Ellis | Tumlinson | - | - | - |
IPCs
| Section | Class | Sub Class | Group | Sub Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | 01 | K | 3 | 04 |
| G | 01 | K | 7 | 02 |
| A | 61 | B | 18 | 12 |
| A | 61 | B | 18 | 00 |
Assignee
| Organization | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC | - | - | - | - | - |