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7601149 Apparatus for switching nominal and attenuated power between ablation probes  
A tissue ablation system comprises an ablation source, such as an RF ablation source, configured for generating a common power signal, and a power multiplexor configured for splitting the power...
7588567 Method and system of stopping energy delivery of an ablation procedure with a computer based device for increasing safety of ablation procedures  
An apparatus and method for stopping of ablation energy delivery to tissues during cardiac ablation procedures provides added safety. The apparatus uses control switch mechanism comprising relay...
7578816 Method and system of increasing safety of cardiac ablation procedures  
Method and system of increasing safety of ablation of cardiac arrythmias, especially AVNRT and antero-septal accessory pathway ablations. A computer based system acquires, conditions, and analyzes...
7576549 Methods for measuring sample resistance in electroporation  
Systems and methods of measuring resistances of samples to be electroporated and utilizing the measured resistances in the electroporation are provided. During an electrical pulse sent to the...
7563259 Operation system  
In an operation system according to the present invention, a radio foot switch is turned on and a pedal is pressed. Further, a medical device as a control target is turned on and a signal...
7553309 Electrosurgical system employing multiple electrodes and method thereof  
A system and method for heat ablation of tissue in which energy is sequentially applied to at least two electrodes inserted into tissue. The system is comprised of a radiofrequency (RF) source for...
7553307 Devices and methods for tissue modification  
Methods and apparatus are provided for selective surgical removal of tissue. In one variation, tissue may be ablated, resected, removed, or otherwise remodeled by standard small endoscopic tools...
7540871 Integrated three-port receptacle and method for connecting hand and foot switched electrosurgical accessories  
A three-port receptacle connects both single-prong and three-prong electrical connectors of electrosurgical accessories to an electrosurgical generator. The receptacle includes two control ports...
7513896 Dual synchro-resonant electrosurgical apparatus with bi-directional magnetic coupling  
An electrosurgical generator is disclosed, which includes an RF output stage connected to a DC power supply and first and second connections. The first connection includes a first switching...
7503917 Electrosurgical pencil with improved controls  
An electrosurgical pencil is provided and includes an elongated housing having an electrocautery blade supported therein and extending distally from the housing. The electrocautery blade is...
7494473 Electrical apparatus and system with improved tissue capture component  
Electrosurgical tissue specimen recovery apparatus and system employing a multi-leaf capture component configured with pursing cables which are electrosurgically excited to define a cutting leading...
7481809 Handpiece with RF electrode and non-volatile memory  
An RF device includes a support structure coupled to an RF electrode that has conductive and dielectric portions. A cooling member is coupled to the support structure and is configured to cool a...
7479141 Ablation tip catheter device with integrated imaging, ECG and positioning devices  
Catheter device comprising a catheter ( 2 ), particularly an intravascular catheter, for insertion into an organ or vessel of the human or animal body, with a device for ablation of the adjacent...
7467075 Three-dimensional finite-element code for electrosurgery and thermal ablation simulations  
A system and method for performing a simulation of an electrosurgical procedure are disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating a three-dimensional medium, which includes one or more...
7465302 System and method for performing an electrosurgical procedure  
A system and method for performing an electrosurgical procedure are disclosed. The method includes applying an active electrode to a patient and placing a return electrode on the patient so as to...
7465301 Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling use of medical devices  
A device for treating a tissue region is supplied with a separate usage key card. The usage key card comprises a storage medium, which is formatted to contain an identification code unique to the...
7445620 Apparatus and method for protecting nontarget tissue of a patient during electrocautery surgery  
An apparatus for protecting a nontarget body tissue of a patient during electrocautery surgery, an electrocautery probe being adapted to provide an electrical field to electrocauterize a target...
7443175 Surgical testing instrument and system  
The present disclosure describes an instrument for measuring the dielectric properties of biological tissue. The instrument includes a top electrode assembly and a bottom electrode assembly, the...
RE40388 Electrosurgical generator with adaptive power control  
An electrosurgical generator has an output power control system that causes the impedance of tissue to rise and fall in a cyclic pattern until the tissue is desiccated. The advantage of the power...
7377918 Electrosurgical method and apparatus  
Apparatus for forming a lesion in body tissue includes a probe having an active region with an electrode for contacting tissue to be treated, and an inactive region including an insulative sleeve...
7377917 Feedback control of thermokeratoplasty treatments  
A microwave thermokeratoplasty system uses an applicator having embedded sensors that provide feedback signals to a controller. The controller interprets these feedback signals to dynamically...
7367972 Ablation system  
A system for creating lesions and assessing their completeness or transmurality. Assessment of transmurality of a lesion is accomplished by monitoring the impedance of the tissue to be ablated....
7364578 System and method of performing an electrosurgical procedure  
A system and method of making a lesion on living tissue including providing an electrosurgical system, determining a desired lesion depth, selecting a power setting, and applying electrical energy...
7364577 Vessel sealing system  
A method for electrosurgically sealing a tissue includes steps of: (A) applying a first pulse of RF energy to the tissue; and (B) applying at least one subsequent RF energy pulse to the tissue and...
RE40279 Method and system for neural tissue modification  
A method and apparatus for altering a function of neural tissue in a patient. An electromagnetic signal is applied to the neural tissue through an electrode. The electromagnetic signal has a...
7357800 Power supply and control apparatus and electrophysiology systems including the same  
A power supply and control apparatus operable in a bipolar mode, a unipolar mode, and a combined bipolar/unipolar mode.
7333859 Radioelectric asymmetric conveyer for therapeutic use  
A radio-electric conveyer includes one or more radiofrequency generators supplied by a power group; one or more irradiating antennas coupled with the generator and which are able to create a...
7317955 Virtual operating room integration  
A virtual control system for an operating room establishes virtual control devices to control surgical equipment and patient monitoring equipment and to display control, status and functionality...
7317954 Virtual control of electrosurgical generator functions  
A virtual control panel controls the functionality of an electrosurgical generator in response to interrogating, preferably optically, an object, such as a user's finger, interacting with a control...
7317949 Energy induced bulking and buttressing of tissues for incontinence  
Methods, devices, and systems for treating the support structures of the body, particularly for incontinence, take advantage of two mechanisms to enhance the support provided by the fascia,...
7306596 Multifunctional electrosurgical apparatus  
An electrosurgical apparatus having improved placement accuracy is provided. The electrosurgical apparatus comprises an elongate shaft having a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen...
7306593 Prediction and assessment of ablation of cardiac tissue  
A method for ablating tissue in an organ inside a body of a subject includes bringing a probe inside the body into a position in contact with the tissue to be ablated, and measuring one or more...
7303556 Device for supplying an electro-pen with electrical energy  
The invention relates to a device for supplying electrical energy to an electro-pen with an electric drive unit for driving a tool. The device comprises a console with an energy supply unit having...
7300437 Electronic scalpel to cut organic tissues  
The electrode of a manipulator cuts tissue. The scalpel has rectifying circuit for supplying a rectified voltage to a radio frequency circuit which produces an output current signal at a...
7300436 Tissue resurfacing  
A method for skin treatment comprises the steps of delivering at least one pulse of radio frequency power to at least one electrode in order to create an electric field; passing gas through the...
7300435 Automatic control system for an electrosurgical generator  
An automatic control system for an electrosurgical generator is herein disclosed. The automatic control system includes voltage and current sensing circuits, a processing circuit, an output...
7291145 Oxygen sensing during a surgical procedure  
A surgical safety apparatus for use in connection with an energizable surgical device minimizes inadvertent activation of a surgical tool when the oxygen level is too high. An activation circuit is...
7285117 Medical device control systems  
A medical device for use by an operator to perform a medical procedure in a body includes a handle to be held by the operator, a shaft attached to the handle and an actuating assembly to control...
7282049 Electrosurgical system employing multiple electrodes and method thereof  
A system for heat ablation of tissue in a patient comprises a plurality of electrodes operatively connected to a source of radiofrequency energy and configured to apply RF energy to tissue at a...
7258688 Computerized electrical signal generator  
The invention relates to a medical probe signal generator. More particularly, it relates to a medical probe signal generator architecture. The present invention further relates to a medical probe...
7255694 Variable output crest factor electrosurgical generator  
An electrosurgical generator is disclosed capable of controlling the output crest factor, as well as the output power of the electrosurgical generator across a range of tissue impedances during...
7252664 System and method for multi-channel RF energy delivery with coagulum reduction  
A system and method for efficient delivery of radio frequency (RF) energy includes a backplane. At least a single channel card is removably coupled to the backplane for controlling the amount of RF...
7247155 Apparatus and method for creating, maintaining, and controlling a virtual electrode used for the ablation of tissue  
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for producing a virtual electrode within or upon a tissue to be treated with radio frequency alternating electric current, such tissues...
7244255 High-frequency surgical generator  
A high-frequency generator for high-frequency surgery is driven by a d.c. voltage supply. This d.c. voltage supply has a first working mode for transferring energy in a direction of the...
7235072 Motion detector for controlling electrosurgical output  
An electrosurgical instrument having a movement sensing device for controlling the electrosurgical output thereof, is disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the electrosurgical...
7232437 Assessment of lesion transmurality  
A method and apparatus for treating a body tissue in situ (e.g., an atrial tissue of a heart to treat) atrial fibrillation include a lesion formation tool is positioned against the heart surface....
7226447 Electrosurgical generator  
A method includes recognizing an electrosurgical probe coupled to an electrosurgical generator, selecting a mode of the electrosurgical generator based upon the recognized probe, setting a therapy...
7217269 Electrosurgical control system  
An electrosurgical control system includes a selector by which a user can select any of a number of electrosurgical devices or similar devices for use, and a processor system responsive to user...
7214224 Electrosurgical system  
An electrosurgical system includes a generator ( 10 ) for generating radio frequency power, an electrosurgical instrument ( 12 ) including at least two electrodes, and an identification element (...
7211081 Electrosurgical generator  
An electrosurgical generator for supplying RF power to an electrosurgical instrument for cutting or vaporising tissue has an RF output stage ( 42 ) with an RF power bridge (Q 1 , Q 2 , Q 3 , Q 4 ),...
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