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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2015
Bovie Medical Corporation, Clearwater, FL (US);
Gregory A. Konesky, Hampton Bays, NY (US);
Borislav S. Simeonov, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Bovie Medical Corporation, Clearwater, FL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for discriminating between various gases, e.g., argon and helium, for enhanced safety of medical devices are provided. The present disclosure may take the form of a dedicated-use embodiment where a specific gas, helium for example, is expected, and an enabling or 'Go' signal is issued when that gas is detected, or an inhibitory or 'No-Go' signal when a gas is present that is not identified as helium. Alternately, a control line or input command can be used to select between helium and argon as the expected gas and then issue the appropriate “Go/No-Go” signal, depending on which gas is identified.