Systems and methods for detecting channel faults in energy delivery systems

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 - - - - -