Patent ID: 11857782
Assignee: NOVOCURE GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for delivering tumor treating fields, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of sets of electrode elements, wherein each of the sets of electrode elements is configured for implantation within a person's body;
a plurality of temperature sensors configured for implantation within the person's body and positioned to measure a temperature at each of the sets of electrode elements;
a plurality of multiplexors configured for implantation within the person's body, wherein each of the multiplexors is positioned to reduce a number of conductors that are required to obtain temperature measurements from a respective subset of the temperature sensors and to forward the obtained temperature measurements to an output; and
a circuit configured for implantation within the person's body configured for collecting the temperature measurements that have been forwarded by the multiplexors.