Patent ID: 11896348
Assignee: CIRCA SCIENTIFIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A temperature probe, comprising:
an elongate element including a distal end, having a nonlinear arrangement defined by a series of bends that cause the elongate element to sequentially extend across a longitudinal axis thereof at a series of locations toward the distal end and to have a substantially two-dimensional nonlinear arrangement, and having sufficient flexibility to enable an entirety of the substantially two-dimensional nonlinear arrangement to reversibly three-dimensionally deform to an area of an interior surface of a portion of an esophagus of a subject as the substantially two-dimensional nonlinear arrangement is positioned against the area of the interior surface of the portion of the esophagus; and
a plurality of temperature sensors carried sequentially along a length of a distal portion of the elongate element so as to be arranged to make simultaneous contact with the interior surface of the portion of the esophagus by the distal end of the elongate element when the distal end is positioned against the area of the interior surface of the portion of the esophagus.