Patent ID: 11911097
Assignee: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus, comprising:
a probe having a distal end;
an electrode located on the distal end of the probe configured for contact with tissue during ablation;
at least one temperature sensor located on the distal end of the probe; and
a processor, configured to:
perform an initial ablation of a tissue from a start to an end of a first time period using the electrode on the probe distal end to apply a first power to a proximal surface of the tissue;
estimate an overall thickness of the tissue based on measurements from the start to the end of the first time period of parameters selected from the group consisting of a change of temperature of the probe distal end, the first power, an irrigation rate for irrigating the tissue during the initial ablation and a contact force applied by the probe distal end to the tissue during the initial ablation, the overall thickness being a measure of a distance between the proximal surface of the tissue and a distal surface of the tissue;
in response to the estimated overall tissue thickness, compute at least one of a second power required and a second time period for ablation, to complete ablation of the tissue; and
perform a subsequent ablation of the tissue using the computed at least one of the second power and the second time period for ablation.