Patent ID: 8475448
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A catheter comprising: a catheter body having proximal and distal ends; a tip section at the distal end of the catheter body, the tip section comprising a plurality of temperature sensors on an outer surface of the tip section, wherein each of the temperature sensors comprises a contact layer and a thin film sensor layer, the thin film sensor layer having a film thickness of about 500 nm or less, the tip section further comprising at its distal end a tip electrode, wherein the plurality of temperature sensors comprises: wherein the contact layer of the at least one tip temperature sensor is embedded in the outer surface of the distal-most tip end of the tip electrode, and the thin film sensor layer of the at least one tip temperature sensor is on the contact layer and the outer surface of the distal-most tip end of the tip electrode.