US 12,343,527 B2
System having energy delivering thermocouple assemblies
Roman Turovskiy, San Francisco, CA (US); and Maria Veronica Larios, East Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l., Luxembourg (LU)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/546,600.
Application 16/290,565 is a division of application No. 14/021,838, filed on Sep. 9, 2013, abandoned.
Application 17/546,600 is a continuation of application No. 16/290,565, filed on Mar. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,213,678.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096826 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B23P 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61N 1/28 (2006.01); H05K 13/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/28 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1435 (2013.01); A61B 2018/144 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an elongated shaft configured to radially expand from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration;
an energy delivery wire separate from the elongated shaft and extending along at least a portion of the elongated shaft, the energy delivery wire including a plurality of exposed regions separated from each other by insulated regions, wherein the exposed regions define a plurality of energy delivery portions configured to deliver energy to tissue of a patient; and
a plurality of temperature sensors proximate to or within the energy delivery portions.