Three-Dimensional Finite-Element Code for Electerosurgery and Thermal Ablation Simulations
First Claim
1. A method for performing a simulation of an electrosurgical procedure, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a three-dimensional model of a medium including at least one material region representing at least one of a physical object and a region of the tissue;
calculating at least one of an electrical energy solution and a thermal transport solution based on at least one mathematical model and finite element method; and
updating at least one property value of the at least one material region at least once in response to temperature changes based on an empirically derived value, wherein at least one of the electrical energy solution and the thermal transport solution is updated as a function of the at least one property value.
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Abstract
A method for performing a simulation of an electrosurgical procedure is provided. The method includes the step of generating a three-dimensional model of a medium comprising one or more material regions representing a physical object or a region of the tissue. The method also includes the step of calculating one of an electrical energy solution and a thermal transport solution based on one of a mathematical model and finite element method. The method further includes the step of updating one or more property values of the material region in response to temperature changes based on an empirically derived value, wherein one of the electrical energy solution and the thermal transport solution is updated as a function of the updated property value.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for performing a simulation of an electrosurgical procedure, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a three-dimensional model of a medium including at least one material region representing at least one of a physical object and a region of the tissue; calculating at least one of an electrical energy solution and a thermal transport solution based on at least one mathematical model and finite element method; and updating at least one property value of the at least one material region at least once in response to temperature changes based on an empirically derived value, wherein at least one of the electrical energy solution and the thermal transport solution is updated as a function of the at least one property value. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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2. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of:
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dividing the model of the medium into a plurality of hexahedron elements to generate a three-dimensional conformal mesh; assigning each element to a corresponding at least one material region; and calculating at least one of an electrical energy solution and a thermal transport solution based on at least one mathematical model, the plurality of hexahedron elements and finite element method. - View Dependent Claims (3, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for performing a simulation of an electrosurgical procedure on tissue, the system comprising:
at least one processor coupled to a computer-readable media configured to store a set of instructions capable of being executed by the at least one processor, the instructions including the steps of; generating a three-dimensional model of a medium including at least one material region representing at least one of a physical object and a region of the tissue; calculating at least one of an electrical energy solution and a thermal transport solution based on at least one mathematical model and finite element method; and updating at least one property value of the at least one material region at least once in response to temperature changes based on an empirically derived value, wherein at least one of the electrical energy solution and the thermal transport solution is updated as a function of the at least one property value. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium storing a set of computer-executable instructions for performing a simulation of an electrosurgical procedure, the computer-executable instructions comprising the steps of:
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generating a three-dimensional model of a medium including at least one material region representing at least one of a physical object and a region of the tissue; calculating at least one of an electrical energy solution and a thermal transport solution based on at least one mathematical model and finite element method; and updating at least one property value of the at least one material region at least once in response to temperature changes based on an empirically derived value, wherein at least one of the electrical energy solution and the thermal transport solution is updated as a function of the at least one property value. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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