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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
May. 10, 2004
M. Jacqueline Eastwood, Durham, NH (US);
N. Joseph Espat, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael E. Mcclurken, Durham, NH (US);
Kevin T. Watkins, San Antonio, TX (US);
M. Jacqueline Eastwood, Durham, NH (US);
N. Joseph Espat, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael E. McClurken, Durham, NH (US);
Kevin T. Watkins, San Antonio, TX (US);
Salient Surgical Technologies, Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Abstract
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.