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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Patrick Elliott, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Gary Johnson, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Duy Nguyen, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Daniel McFarland, Dana Point, CA (US);
Jagdish Sabarad, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Benjamin Linville-Engler, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Jeremy Albrecht, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Dan Durant, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Gerald Kowalski, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Lou Tiberia, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Michael Whitlock, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Michael Logan, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Igor Gorin, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Kevin Hudson, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Hank Jacobs, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Thomas Matthews, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical generator arranged to supply radio frequency (RF) energy to fuse tissue is provided. The generator is arranged to supply RF energy through a removably coupled electrosurgical instrument to fuse tissue grasped by the instrument. The generator monitors a phase angle of the supplied RF energy and adjusts or terminates the supplied RF energy based on the monitored phase angle in comparison to predetermined thresholds and conditions to optimally fuse the tissue. The electrosurgical instrument conducts radio frequency energy to fuse tissue captured between the jaws and a blade to mechanically cut tissue between the jaws. A conductive post positioned on the jaw adjacent to the blade.