Patent ID: 8906010

Claim:
An interface for association with an electrode structure of an instrument containing multiple electrodes which, in use, is deployed in contact with a tissue region, the interface comprising an input adapted to be attached to a sensor carried at a known location on the electrode structure of the instrument to monitor an operating condition, a display screen, and an operating system adapted to generate a viewable image on the display screen comprising an idealized image of the electrode structure of the instrument, the image adapted to show an electrode array representing a plurality of electrodes of the instrument, and an indicator image adapted to represent the monitored operating condition in a spatial position on the idealized image corresponding to the location of the sensor on the electrode structure, the indicator image visually associated with each electrode of the electrode array and arranged in an array corresponding to the electrode array and the image is adapted to simultaneously display numeric values of electrode temperature of multiple electrodes and numeric temperature values of tissue surrounding the electrode, such numeric values adapted to be displayed adjacent a representation of electrodes during application of energy.