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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John B. Allison, San Jose, CA (US);
Jean-Luc Pageard, Redwood City, CA (US);
Brian Pedersen, Little Falls, MN (US);
Celina Escobedo, San Jose, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for monitoring and controlling tissue ablation using RF energy delivered by an imaging ablation catheter under direct visualization, using the control and modulation of a set of ablation parameters based on direct optical imaging of the tissue surface via the imaging ablation catheter, where a set of optical image-derived parameters modulates the setting of a subset of Radio Frequency dosing parameters. The ablation dosing algorithms based on image-derived information can be implemented manually or in semi-automated or automated forms.