11. More recently, a balloon device that uses heat to ablate the lining has been introduced. 12. The ablated females spawn after 4 days, with a peak observed at days 5 6. 13. It is also found that wild females are more fecund per unit weight than ablated females. 14. Phototherapeutic keratectomy ( PTK ) can be used to excise or ablate the abnormal corneal tissue. 15. The laser ablates the sample material that is introduced into an ICP to create atomic ions. 16. They both call House as the team is about to ablate the patient's marrow. 17. Sputtering is the manifestation of the underdense plasma corona of the ablating hohlraum and the tamper surfaces. 18. The total mass ablated from the target per laser pulse is usually referred to as ablation rate. 19. These are avoided by the more radical " ablate and pace " treatment ( see below ). 20. The system then ablates the tumor, destroying the tumor cells while minimizing damage to surrounding tissues.