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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Catherine R. Condie, Shoreview, MN (US);
Marshall L. Sherman, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Kathryn E. Kasischke, San Diego, CA (US);
Timothy J. Corvi, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Aaron R. Strunk, San Diego, CA (US);
Catherine R. Condie, Shoreview, MN (US);
Marshall L. Sherman, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Kathryn E. Kasischke, San Diego, CA (US);
Timothy J. Corvi, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Aaron R. Strunk, San Diego, CA (US);
Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical method, device, and system are provided, including advancing an ablation element of a medical device into contact with tissue to be treated, selecting a power level of energy to ablate the tissue, delivering energy at the selected power level to the ablation element, determining whether the ablation element is in continuous contact with the tissue, and reducing the selected power level when the ablation element ceases to be in continuous contact with the tissue.