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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Steven P. Buysse, Niwot, CO (US);
Bret S. Felton, Erie, CO (US);
David N. Heard, Boudler, CO (US);
David Keppel, Longmont, CO (US);
Ronald J. Podhajsky, Boulder, CO (US);
Dale F. Schmaltz, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Robert H. Wham, Boulder, CO (US);
Edward C. Meagher, Greenlawn, NY (US);
Kate R. Lawes, Austin, TX (US);
David A. Schechter, Atascadero, CA (US);
Chelsea Shields, Portland, OR (US);
Philip M. Tetzlaff, Austin, TX (US);
Jeremy S. James, Westminster, CO (US);
Steven P. Buysse, Niwot, CO (US);
Bret S. Felton, Erie, CO (US);
David N. Heard, Boudler, CO (US);
David Keppel, Longmont, CO (US);
Ronald J. Podhajsky, Boulder, CO (US);
Dale F. Schmaltz, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Robert H. Wham, Boulder, CO (US);
Edward C. Meagher, Greenlawn, NY (US);
Kate R. Lawes, Austin, TX (US);
David A. Schechter, Atascadero, CA (US);
Chelsea Shields, Portland, OR (US);
Philip M. Tetzlaff, Austin, TX (US);
Jeremy S. James, Westminster, CO (US);
Covidien AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
A control system for controlling the output of an electrosurgical generator is disclosed. The control system includes a control module configured to receive an optical signal from a surgical site, the optical signal being related to an optical tissue characteristic, the control module configured to process the optical signal using a closed loop control loop and provide continual control of the output of the electrosurgical generator in response to the optical tissue characteristic.