{
  "patent_number": "US 12733969",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Multi-Electrode Systems Precisely Control Tissue Heating for Ablation",
  "original_title": "Ablation system, methods, and controllers",
  "summary": "This patent describes a method for starting a medical ablation procedure using multiple electrodes, carefully controlling the temperature and how fast it rises at each electrode to safely treat tissue.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent details a method for beginning an ablation procedure using a system with multiple electrodes. It works by first picking one electrode and connecting it to a power supply. The system then increases the temperature at this chosen electrode until it reaches a specific target temperature, called a \"first temperature set-point.\" Crucially, the system also limits how quickly that temperature can rise, ensuring it does not exceed a \"predetermined first rate.\" This precise control helps ensure the tissue is heated safely and effectively.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover ablation systems that use only a single electrode, as it specifies a \"multi-electrode ablation system\" and a \"first electrode of a plurality of electrodes.\"",
    "Does not cover ablation methods that do not control the rate at which tissue temperature increases, as it explicitly requires limiting a \"rate of increase of the temperature.\"",
    "Does not cover ablation procedures that do not target a specific temperature set-point for the tissue, as it specifies increasing temperature \"to a first temperature set-point.\"",
    "Does not cover non-thermal ablation techniques, such as cryoablation (freezing) or chemical ablation, focusing instead on heating to increase temperature.",
    "Does not cover the full duration of an ablation procedure, only the steps involved in \"beginning an ablation procedure.\""
  ],
  "filed": "2024-07-09",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "medical_devices",
    "software",
    "telecommunications"
  ],
  "abstract": "Multi-electrode ablation systems, methods, and controllers are described. In one example, a method of beginning an ablation procedure using a multi-electrode ablation system is described. The method includes selectively coupling the output of a power supply to a first electrode of a plurality of electrodes to increase a temperature at the first electrode to a first temperature set-point and limit a rate of increase of the temperature at the first electrode to a predetermined first rate.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12733969/ablation-system-methods-and-controllers",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12733969/ablation-system-methods-and-controllers/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12733969",
  "relatedPatents": []
}