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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Erbe Elektromedizin Gmbh, Tuebingen, DE;

Inventors:

Sandra Keller, Hechingen, DE;

Marc Kegreiss, Tuebingen, DE;

Assignee:

ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH, Tuebingen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1233 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00672 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00678 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00767 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00827 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00869 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00988 (2013.01);
Abstract

An arrangement having a device for providing high-frequency voltage Ufor contact coagulation of the biological tissue. The device is equipped to operate with a high voltage that is normally not suitable for contact coagulation, but otherwise used for spark coagulation, for example, more than 400V at the beginning of the contact coagulation. During the operation of the generator the tissue impedanceis monitored. This can occur by means of continuously measuring the voltage Uof the flowing current Iand the phasing φ between the voltage and the flowing current. Using both, the measuring unit continuously determines the tissue impedance. A minimum detector is provided to determine if an impedance minimumhas passed through and if such is found, to induce the generator control to reduce the voltage Udelivered by the device to a value that avoids spark generation as well as desiccation of the tissue.


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