Patent ID: 9375249
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An electrosurgical system, comprising: an electrosurgical power generating source; an energy applicator including a tapered distal tip and a microwave antenna assembly configured to pierce tissue, the microwave antenna assembly coupleable to the electrosurgical power generating source to transmit electrosurgical energy generated by the electrosurgical power generating source to tissue; a data acquisition module separate from and operably coupled to the energy applicator and configured to receive: a processor unit operably coupled to the data acquisition module and configured to determine a tissue desiccation level of the tissue based on the at least a portion of the electrosurgical energy received by the data acquisition module and the plurality of reflected signals received by the data acquisition module and to determine a tissue desiccation rate based on a change in the tissue desiccation level over a predetermined period of time.