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Capsule probe having thermoelectric heat exchange means therein

  • US 3,369,549 A
  • Filed: 10/05/1965
  • Issued: 02/20/1968
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1965
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A CAPSULE PROBE FOR SUPPLYING HEAT OR COLD TO THE VIABLE TISSUE TO THE DUCTS, LUMENS AND CAVITIES OF THE BODY, COMPRISING AN OUTER SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL CASING OF SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID HEAT CONDUCTING MATERIAL, A SHELL OF INSULATING MATERIAL WITHIN SAID OUTER CASING AND SPACED THEREFROM, A PLURALITY OF THERMOCOUPLES MOUNTED IN SAID SHELL AND EACH HAVING ONE END IN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID OUTER CASING FOR TRANSFERRING HEAT BETWEEN SAID THERMOCOUPLES AND SAID OUTER CASING, SAID THERMOCOUPLES BEING OF THE TYPE WHICH WHEN A DIRECT CURRENT IS PASSED THROUGH THEM GET HOT ON ONE END AND COLD ON THE OTHER END, SAID THERMOCOUPLES BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN SERIES, HEAT EXCHANGE MEDIUM CONDUCTING MEANS IN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OTHER ENDS OF THE THERMOCOUPLES FOR CONDUCTING A HEAT EXCHANGE MEDIUM IN RELATION TO THE OTHER ENDS OF THE THERMOCOUPLES SO AS TO TRANSFER HEAT BETWEEN THE HEAT EXCHANGE MEDIUM AND THE THERMOCOUPLES, AND CONDUIT MEANS COUPLED TO ONE OF SAID THERMOCOUPLES AND HAVING ELECTRICITY CONDUCTING MEANS THEREIN FOR ENERGIZING THE THERMOCOUPLES.

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