Patent ID: 11925405
Assignee: VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A diagnostic system comprising:
a generator, a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor, the generator capable of applying electrical energy in an amount sufficient to ablate a treatment site of a patient;
a current output monitor to operably couple to the generator and which is capable of collecting data relating to electrical current resulting from one or more applied electrical pulses;
the memory comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine a change in a current parameter of the electrical current data collected by the current output monitor over a time required to deliver the one or more electrical pulses, and determine:
(i) if the patient is expected to respond to an immunotherapy treatment based on the change in the current parameter; and
(ii) determine whether and/or when to stop delivering the one or more electrical pulses in response to the change in the current parameter.