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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventor:
Richard B. Sisken, Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1233 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00648 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00678 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00708 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00779 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00827 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00886 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00892 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00988 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control unit controls delivery of RF energy generated by an RF generator to a medical device configured to perform a medical procedure. The control unit may be separate from the RF generator, and may have an input that may be attached to an output of the RF generator. The control unit includes switching circuitry that is closed while an amount of RF energy is transmitted through the control unit to the medical device. The switching circuitry opens when the amount of RF energy reaches a threshold level.