Patent ID: 9510898
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of ablating a region of a uterine fibroid, comprising: (a) employing a trocar comprised of a plurality of ablation stylets, an arrangement of ablation elements, and a trocar point, said trocar being adjustable to assume a plurality of configurations; (b) imaging a region to be ablated; (c) noting size of the region to be ablated; (d) comparing the size of the region to be ablated to a matrix of known ablation regions, each of the known ablation regions being associated with one of the configurations of the trocar, each of the known ablation regions being associated with a position of the trocar relative to the known ablation region; (e) associating the region to be ablated with a most nearly matching known ablation region by comparison of the region to be ablated to the known ablation regions; (f) inserting the trocar with effectively the same arrangement of ablation elements and trocar point into the uterine fibroid at a location which most closely matches the location of the trocar at the known ablation region; and (g) deploying the stylets from the trocar to an extent corresponding to the configuration associated with the most closely matching known ablation region.