Patent ID: 11896312
Assignee: BRONCUS MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A bronchoscopic-based system for predicting an ablation zone for ablating a target tissue in a lung of a patient with an ablation applicator comprising:
a storage for receiving image data of the lung of the patient including the target tissue to be ablated, and a first experimental data, wherein the first experimental data was generated by:
ablating a first tissue according to a first set of ablation parameters,
taking measurements of the first tissue subsequent to the ablating to obtain the first experimental data; and

a processor programmed and operable to:
compute a plurality of candidate models based on the first experimental data;
compute, based on the image data of the lung, at least one candidate path for the ablation applicator to be advanced through the airway of the patient, to a candidate point of entry (POE), and through the airway wall to the target tissue; and
determine a first learned ablation model based on the plurality of candidate models, wherein the first learned ablation model predicts ablation zone size for each said candidate path.