Patent ID: 9393071
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of activating alarms and/or interrupting or pausing energy delivery during an atrial fibrillation ablation procedures, comprises: placing a temperature probe in the esophagus of a patient, wherein said temperature probe comprises more than one temperature sensing members on said probe; providing information from said temperature sensing member into a electrophysiology monitoring/recording system or a cardiac mapping system via an interface electronics wherein, said cardiac monitoring/recording system or the cardiac mapping system comprises software configured and programmed for detecting at least one predetermined event(s) based on temperature parameter(s) levels of said at least one sensing member, and capable of interrupting or pausing energy delivery for said ablation; defining limits of said at least one predetermined event(s), wherein said at least one predetermined event(s) comprises an operator selected pre determined esophageal temperature parameter level(s); detecting said at least one predetermined event(s) by the system wherein said predetermined event is based on the highest or lowest temperature parameter from any one of said temperature sensing members; and interrupting or pausing ablation energy delivery based on a command signal from said electrophysiology monitoring/recording system or a cardiac mapping system via said interface electronics wherein, said interface electronics is configured and adapted to bring in said temperature parameter(s) levels into said electrophysiology monitoring/recording system or a cardiac mapping system, and for interrupting or pausing energy delivery for said ablation.