US 11,992,260 B2
Smart probe identification for ablation modalities
Timothy A. Ostroot, Cokato, MN (US); Bruce R. Forsyth, Hanover, MN (US); Hong Cao, Maple Grove, MN (US); Larry D. Canady, Jr., Ham Lake, MN (US); and Jonathan Tyler Gorzycki, Blaine, MN (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/216,871.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/002,991, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298822 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00779 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00827 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00892 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ablation probe configured for use with an ablation generator, comprising:
a distal end having one or more electrodes thereon for delivering therapy directed at target tissue;
a proximal end having one or more contacts thereon for coupling to the ablation generator;
an elongated body between the proximal and distal ends carrying at least one conductor that electrically couples at least one electrode to at least one contact;
a probe electronic circuit in or on the probe and configured to obtain power from the ablation generator and sense one or more characteristics of usage of the probe, quantify the one or more characteristics, and record or transmit data related to the sensed and quantified one or more characteristics; and
an electronic indicator providing visual feedback to a user of the probe, the electronic indicator being located on the probe and separate from a user interface of the ablation generator, wherein the electronic circuit is coupled to the electronic indicator to allow the data to be displayed to a user via the electronic indicator;
wherein the electronic circuit obtains power from the ablation generator by harvesting power from therapeutic signals transmitted to the distal end of the probe by the ablation generator via the conductor.