Patent ID: 7794141
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: A61F,A61M,F04B,G01K,G01M,G05D

Abstract:
1. A sensing probe comprising: a probe housing having a proximal portion and a distal portion; a thermal sensor in said probe housing having a sensing end and a connector end, the sensing end positioned nearer to the distal portion than the proximal portion of the probe housing; a probe tip, which is more thermally conductive than the probe housing, attached to the distal portion of the probe housing and thermally coupled to said sensing end of the thermal sensor, wherein the probe tip is adapted for reversibly contacting and thermally coupling with an inner surface of a thermal well; and at least two leads connected to said connector end of said thermal sensor, wherein upon reversibly contacting and thermally coupling the probe tip to the thermal well, thermal energy is transferred from said thermal well, through the probe tip and to said thermal sensor resulting in temperature information being conveyed through the at least two leads towards the proximal portion of the probe housing.