Patent ID: 9375246
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A61B,G01N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating tissue, comprising: positioning a surgical device including at least one sensor into tissue of a patient; measuring, using the at least one sensor of the surgical device, at least one of a thermal conductivity or an electrical conductivity of the tissue at a known angle relative to a starting point of the surgical device, wherein measuring at least one of the thermal conductivity or the electrical conductivity of the tissue includes rotating the surgical device about a longitudinal axis defined by the surgical device by the known angle relative to the starting point to a first point, different than the starting point, while maintaining the surgical device in a straight configuration during its rotation from the starting point to the first point; inputting the at least one measured conductivity of the tissue into a modeling environment; generating a representation of a tissue treatment zone from the modeling environment; selecting an energy setting based on the representation of the tissue treatment zone; and delivering therapeutic energy to the tissue using the selected energy setting.