Patent ID: 11918277
Assignee: THERMEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for ablating tissue, comprising:
positioning an elongate body proximate to the tissue, the elongate body having an ablation element and at least one temperature sensor coupled thereto;
simultaneously delivering an ablative energy to the tissue through the ablation element and a liquid flow to the tissue through the elongate body;
pausing delivery of the ablative energy to the tissue and pausing delivery of the liquid flow to the tissue;
creating a negative pressure in response to pausing delivery of the ablative energy and the liquid flow to the tissue;
sensing a temperature of the ablation element while delivery of the ablative energy and the liquid flow to tissue is paused; and
any of terminating delivery of the ablative energy and liquid flow to the tissue, and resuming delivery of the ablative energy and the liquid flow to the tissue based on a comparison of the sensed temperature to a reference temperature.