HF surgery device

• US 5,167,660 A
• Filed: 03/12/1991
• Issued: 12/01/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GmbH (Sirona Dental Systems Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Altendorf, Hans-Walter
• Primary Examiner(s): Cohen, Lee S.
• Application Number:
  US07/668,113
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• Field of Search: 606/37-40
• US Class Current: 606/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1206 Generators therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00892 Voltage

Abstract

A HF surgery device had a microprocessor and a comparator which in combination generate a control signal which acts on a rectified operating voltage, which drive a HF generator. The HF generator can be modulated with a modulation signal. In order to automatically maintain the effective output power at a constant level in the event of a modulation of the HF generator, the microprocessor forms a reference value from the modulation signal and from a prescribed setting signal for setting a HF output power. The reference value is compared to the operating voltage in the comparator for forming the control signal.

Claims

1. A HF surgery device for use with a source of rectified operating voltage and with a modulation signal generator, comprising:

a microprocessor and a comparator in combination operating as a comparison circuit which generates a control signal as an output;

a HF generator supplied by a rectified operating voltage from said source and being modulable by a modulation signal from said generator;

means for controlling said rectified operating voltage based on said control signal; and

said microprocessor including means for forming a reference value from said modulation signal and from a prescribed setting signal which sets an HF output power, said reference value being supplied to said comparator and being compared therein to said operating voltage for forming said control signal to maintain said operating voltage at a substantially constant level.

2. A HF surgery device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said microprocessor includes means for generating said modulation signal as a pulse sequence having pulses therein which modulate said HF generator by successive activation and de-activation of said HF generator.

3. A HF surgery device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said means for generating said modulation signal is a means for generating said modulation signal as a pulse sequence having individual pulses variable in pulse width for changing a coagulation depth achieved by said HF output power.

4. A HF surgery device as claimed in claim 3 further comprising a handpiece connected to an output of said HF generator for administering said HF output power to biological tissue, said handpiece including a plurality of switch means for respectively controlling different functions in said HF surgery device, at least one of said switch means being a means for varying the pulse width of the modulation signal via said microprocessor to eliminate pauses between the pulses to achieve a continuous signal.

5. A HF surgery device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said means for generating said modulation signal is a means for generating a modulation signal as a pulse sequence and wherein said microprocessor further includes means for forming a signal from said modulation signal which is decoupled from said modulation signal and which consists of a plurality of individual pulses having a pulse width which is variable independently of the pulse width of the pulses in the modulation signal.

6. A HF surgery device as claimed in claim 5 further comprising means for monitoring operation of said HF surgery device for generating an alarm signal in the event of malfunction, and wherein said microprocessor includes means for forming a complementary signal from said modulation signal for controlling said means for monitoring.

7. A HF surgery device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said microprocessor includes means for forming a further signal decoupled from said modulation signal consisting of a plurality of individual pulses having a pulse width which is variable independently of the pulse width of the modulation signal.

8. A HF surgery device as claimed in claim 7 further comprising means for illuminating a surgery location to which said HF power is administered, said means for illuminating being controlled by said further signal decoupled from said modulation signal.

9. An HF surgery device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said reference value is a digital signal, and further comprising a digital-to-analog converter connected between said microprocessor and said comparator for converting said digital reference value into an analog signal for supply to said comparator.