Patent ID: 9622680
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,A61N,Y10T

Claim:
1. A cryoablation apparatus comprising: a flexible substrate forming an inflatable cryoballoon; one or more delivery channels coupled to the inflatable cryoballoon for delivering a cryoablation fluid to the inflatable cryoballoon; a plurality of sensing elements disposed on the inflatable cryoballoon for sensing tissue targeted for ablation, the plurality of sensing elements including a plurality of impedance sensing elements; a coupling bus disposed along a latitude of the inflatable cryoballoon and electrically coupled to the plurality of sensing elements; and an intermediate bus disposed longitudinally along the inflatable cryoballoon and electrically coupling the coupling bus to a measurement collection circuit for collecting measurements from the plurality of sensing elements.