Patent ID: 8663210

Claim:
A therapeutic energy application system comprising: a laser energy source; an x-ray energy source; an energy probe insertable into a tissue at a first position; a stylet removably insertable into the energy probe, wherein the stylet is in the energy probe when the energy probe is inserted into the tissue, and wherein the stylet is configured to be removed from the energy probe after the energy probe is inserted into the tissue at the first position; a laser optical fiber configured to be connectable to the laser energy source, the laser optical fiber removably insertable into the energy probe after the stylet is removed from the energy probe, and configured to emit laser energy to heat and ablate tissue; an x-ray optical fiber configured to be connectable to the x-ray energy source, the x-ray optical fiber removably insertable into the energy probe after the stylet is removed from the energy probe and when the laser optical fiber is not in the energy probe; a sensing probe separate from the energy probe, the sensing probe configured to be independently and separately inserted into the tissue at a second position spaced apart from the first position and configured to detect at least one temperature; and at least one microprocessor configured to co-act with the laser energy source, the x-ray energy source, and the at least one sensing probe to: send a signal to the laser energy source to change the amount of laser energy generated, receive a signal from the at least one sensing probe indicating a detected temperature, and send a signal the x-ray energy source to change the amount of x-ray energy generated.