Patent ID: 11878163
Assignee: NOVOCURE GMBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for applying an alternating electric field to a subject's body, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of electrode elements;
a support configured to hold the electrode elements against the subject's body;
a plurality of thermistors, each of the thermistors having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein each of the thermistors is positioned to sense a temperature at a corresponding respective one of the electrode elements;
a connector having a plurality of first pins and a second pin;
a plurality of first conductors, each of which provides an electrically conductive path between (a) a respective one of the first pins, (b) a respective one of the electrode elements, and (c) the first terminal of the corresponding thermistor; and
a second conductor that provides an electrically conductive path between the second pin and the second terminal of at least one of the thermistors.