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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Steffan A. Benamou, San Jose, CA (US);
Brannon P. Wells, San Jose, CA (US);
Saheel B. Sutaria, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Steffan A. Benamou, San Jose, CA (US);
Brannon P. Wells, San Jose, CA (US);
Saheel B. Sutaria, Sugar Land, TX (US);
STRYKER CORPORATION, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
An electrosurgical system is capable of selectively varying the power applied to an electrosurgical probe, without interruption or discontinuity, in a variable mode or providing a constant coagulation power value to the probe. In a fixed mode, power to the electrosurgical probe must be discontinued to change the power level output by the probe. A single controller is capable of operating the probe in the variable mode and the fixed mode. The controller includes an actuator for stopping the cutting operation and then switching to a constant coagulation output during either of the variable mode or the fixed mode. The controller of the system may selectively control a separate surgical tool.