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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2014
Applicant:

Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);

Inventors:

Donald W. Heckel, Thornton, CO (US);

Andrey Belous, Longmont, CO (US);

Assignee:

COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1233 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00589 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00648 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00755 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00767 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00779 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00827 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00892 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrosurgical generator and associated methods determine a real part of the impedance of treated tissue. The electrosurgical generator includes an output stage, a plurality of sensors, and a controller that controls the output stage. The controller includes a signal processor that determines an RMS voltage, an RMS current, an average power, and a real part of the impedance of the treated tissue based on measured voltage and current by using a plurality of averaging filters. The controller controls the output stage to generate electrosurgical energy based on at least the determined real part of the impedance.


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