Patent ID: 8409109

Claim:
A temperature sensing probe assembly comprising: a handle having a length, a width, a first end and a second end; a temperature sensor strip carried by the handle and extending from the first end of the handle, the temperature sensor strip comprising a temperature sensor spaced from the first end, the temperature sensor configured for connection to a thermometry device; a balloon-and-sleeve assembly comprising: opposing first and second layers of a flexible polymeric material configured to define a balloon and a sleeve that extends longitudinally from the balloon, the balloon further comprising a first interior space in communication with an interior space of the sleeve, and a second interior space isolated from the first interior space and from the interior space of the sleeve; and an inflation tube having a first tube portion sealingly connected within the second interior space of the balloon, the first tube portion configured with an inflation port, the inflation tube further having a second tube portion extending through the interior space of the sleeve and being configured for connection to a fluid source; and wherein the handle is reversibly positionable within the sleeve and the temperature sensor strip is reversibly positionable within the first interior space of the balloon.