Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc.

M Jacqueline Eastwood

Michael E McClurken

N Joseph Espat

Kevin T Watkins

A method of treating tissue of a body during a surgical procedure is provided comprising providing tissue comprising normal tissue and abnormal tissue; inserting at least one temperature indicating device into the tissue with the temperature indicating device comprising an indicator to provide an indication of when a trigger temperature has been attained and a trigger mechanism configured to operate when heated to the trigger temperature and trigger the activation of the indicator; heating the tissue sufficiently to ablate at least a portion of the abnormal tissue; and transferring heat from the tissue to the trigger mechanism, the heat sufficient to heat the trigger mechanism to the trigger temperature and trigger the activation of the indicator.

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Durham, NH, United States of America

M Jacqueline Eastwood