US 12,232,803 B2
Alternative placement of thermal sensors on bipolar electrode
Hong Cao, Maple Grove, MN (US); Travis J. Schauer, Delano, MN (US); Henry H. Lee, Mission Viejo, CA (US); Prabodh Mathur, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); Rabih Nassif, Corona, CA (US); and Andres Dandler, Newport Coast, CA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,435.
Application 17/391,435 is a continuation of application No. 15/874,223, filed on Jan. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,116,571.
Application 15/874,223 is a continuation of application No. 14/611,755, filed on Feb. 2, 2015, granted, now 9,907,609, issued on Mar. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/935,685, filed on Feb. 4, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353357 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1465 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of applying thermal energy to tissue, comprising:
inserting an expandable member having a plurality of pairs of electrodes, each pair comprising an active electrode, a ground electrode and one or more temperature sensors associated therewith, within a patient; wherein the plurality of pairs of electrodes and the one or more temperature sensors are positioned on a multiple-layer structure comprising a first laminated sheet including a first polymer layer laminated to a first conductive layer and a second laminated sheet including a second polymer layer laminated to a second conductive layer; wherein the one or more temperature sensors are in contact with the first conductive layer; wherein the plurality of pairs of electrodes are in contact with the second conductive layer; wherein the first conductive layer forms a positive trace and a ground trace for the one or more temperature sensors; and wherein the second conductive layer forms a positive trace and a ground trace for the plurality of pairs of electrodes;
expanding the expandable member to an expanded state;
activating the plurality of pairs of electrodes; and
monitoring the temperature between the plurality of pairs of electrodes by measuring a temperature from each of the one or more temperature sensors.