Patent ID: 11951311
Assignee: AVENT, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a temperature sensor coupled to the stimulation device for measuring a temperature of at least one of i) a contact surface of the stimulation device or ii) the patient's tissue in contact with the contact surface or electrode, where the temperature sensor is coupled to the controller and provides thermal feedback information regarding a measured temperature, and
a cooling mechanism configured to provide a cooling effect at the treatment site,
wherein the controller is adjustable to vary at least one parameter of the transmucosal electrical stimulation in response to the thermal feedback information from the temperature sensor to adjust a temperature of the contact surface below a destructive tissue temperature,
wherein the controller is adjustable to vary operation of the cooling mechanism to provide the cooling effect at the treatment site to prevent damage at the treatment site in contact with the contact surface of the electrode.