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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Eximis Surgical, Llc, Louisville, CO (US);
James A. Gilbert, Boulder, CO (US);
Steven C. Rupp, Arvada, CO (US);
William N. Gregg, Superior, CO (US);
Kristin D. Johnson, Louisville, CO (US);
Dirk Johnson, Louisville, CO (US);
EXIMIS SURGICAL, LLC, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A tissue segmentation device, controller, and methods therefore are disclosed. The device has an active electrode, a return electrode, a mechanical force application mechanism, voltage and current sensors, and a controller. The controller is configured to control a power output of the segmentation device. The controller has a processing component, responsive to the sensors, configured to execute the following: (a) derive a power factor of power applied to the at least one electrode; and (b) responsive to the deriving a power factor, assign a circuit status to a circuit comprising the at least one electrode. IF (PF≈0) and ((Vrms/Irms)≧T), THEN the circuit status is 'open'. IF (PF≈0) and ((Vrms/Irms)<T), THEN the circuit status is 'short'. PF is the power factor. T is a threshold value.