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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2010
Applicant:
Brian C. Stuebe, Broomfield, CO (US);
Inventor:
Brian C. Stuebe, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/085 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00725 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00666 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01); A61B 18/10 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00714 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00892 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00827 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00123 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A jaw heating element of a handpiece of a thermal tissue operating system is tested on an ongoing basis by supplying a test heater power signal to the jaw heating element between individual thermal tissue operations. Voltage and current through the jaw heating element is sensed and the resistance of the jaw heating element is calculated. If the calculated resistance is outside a range of predetermined acceptable values, an error condition is indicated.
Published as:
CA2744462A1; US2012022517A1; EP2415416A1; AU2011202872A1; JP2012024583A; US8840609B2; CA2744462C; JP5986717B2;