Patent ID: 11903633
Assignee: AVENT, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A method for performing a radiofrequency (RF) ablation procedure with an RF probe, the method comprising:
operating the RF probe to deliver energy to create a lesion at a target site within a patient based on a first operational factor related to an ablation procedure performed with the RF probe;
while delivering energy to the target site, monitoring the first operational factor and a second operational factor related to the ablation procedure that is different from the first operational factor, wherein the first and second operational factors are monitored using measurements from sensors configured to measure the first operational factor and the second operational factor, respectively;
determining whether the first operational factor has reached a first operating threshold for the RF probe responsive to a determination that measurements of the first operational factor have stabilized;
increasing or decreasing the energy delivered by the RF probe responsive to a determination that the first operational factor has not reached the first operating threshold;
switching control of the RF probe from the first operational factor to the second operational factor once the first operating threshold has been met by the first operational factor to further develop the lesion at the target site within the patient;
determining whether the second operational factor has reached a second operating threshold responsive to a determination that measurements of the second operational factor have stabilized;
increasing the energy delivered to the target site responsive to a determination that the second operational factor has not reached the second operating threshold; and
terminating the delivery of energy to the target site once the second operating threshold has been met by the second operational factor.