Further more detailed examples of energy delivery systems and methods such as of the types just described, that are intended to provide invasive therapy to treat various conditions associated with intervertebral disc disorders are variously disclosed in the following issued U.S. Pat. No. 4,959,063 to Kojima; U.S. Pat. No. 6,264,650 to Hovda et al.; U.S. Pat. No. 6,264,659 to Ross et al., Examples