CPC A61B 18/04 (2013.01) [A61B 5/035 (2013.01); A61B 5/4325 (2013.01); A61B 5/6847 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00285 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00559 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/048 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method of performing a procedure on a uterus of a patient, the method comprising:
inserting a uterine ablation device into the uterus of the patient;
delivering fluid or gas from an inflow lumen of the uterine ablation device into the uterus;
while delivering the fluid or the gas from the inflow lumen:
removing some of the gas or the fluid through an outflow lumen of the uterine ablation device; and
measuring a flow rate of the fluid or the gas flowing through the inflow lumen; and
in response to detecting that the flow rate of the fluid or the gas flowing through the inflow lumen is above a patency flow rate threshold value while removing some of the gas or the fluid through the outflow lumen, determining that the uterine ablation device is not clogged or embedded in tissue.
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