Apparatus, system and method for monitoring tissue during an electrosurgical procedure
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring and/or controlling tissue modification during an electrosurgical procedure comprising:
- an electrosurgical apparatus adapted to connect to an electrosurgical generator, the electrosurgical apparatus configured to transmit energy to tissue;
a control system including;
at least one interrogator wave source configured to generate an interrogator wave of at least one frequency adjacent tissue;
a sensor configured to transmit the interrogator wave of at least one frequency and sense a reflected portion of the interrogator wave of at least one frequency; and
a processor operatively coupled to the control system and to the electrosurgical generator, the processor configured to determine a dielectric boundary data based on a phase shift between the interrogator wave of at least one frequency transmitted by the sensor and the reflected portion of the interrogator wave of at least one frequency sensed by the sensor, the processor configured to control the delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical generator to tissue based on the dielectric boundary data determined by the processor.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring and/or controlling tissue modification during an electrosurgical procedure is provided. The system includes an electrosurgical apparatus adapted to connect to an electrosurgical generator. The electrosurgical apparatus configured to transmit energy to tissue. The system also includes a control system having one or more electromagnetic wave sources configured to generate the interrogator wave of one or more frequencies adjacent tissue. One or more sensors are configured to transmit and sense a reflected portion of the interrogator wave of at least one frequency to determine dielectric boundary data. A processor operatively coupled to the control system and to the electrosurgical generator configured to control the delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical generator to tissue based on dielectric boundary data provided by the one or more sensors.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring and/or controlling tissue modification during an electrosurgical procedure comprising:
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an electrosurgical apparatus adapted to connect to an electrosurgical generator, the electrosurgical apparatus configured to transmit energy to tissue; a control system including; at least one interrogator wave source configured to generate an interrogator wave of at least one frequency adjacent tissue; a sensor configured to transmit the interrogator wave of at least one frequency and sense a reflected portion of the interrogator wave of at least one frequency; and a processor operatively coupled to the control system and to the electrosurgical generator, the processor configured to determine a dielectric boundary data based on a phase shift between the interrogator wave of at least one frequency transmitted by the sensor and the reflected portion of the interrogator wave of at least one frequency sensed by the sensor, the processor configured to control the delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical generator to tissue based on the dielectric boundary data determined by the processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for monitoring and/or controlling the delivery of electrosurgical energy to tissue during an electrosurgical procedure comprising the steps of:
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providing an electrosurgical apparatus configured to apply energy to tissue; transmitting through a sensor an interrogator wave of at least one frequency therethrough from an electromagnetic interrogator wave source; directing at the sensor the interrogator wave of at least one frequency into tissue; sensing a reflected portion of the interrogator wave of at least one frequency from the tissue with the sensor; analyzing the sensed reflected portion of the interrogator wave of at least one frequency to determine a dielectric boundary data based on a phase shift between the interrogator wave of frequency and the sensed reflected portion of the interrogator wave of at least one frequency; and controlling the delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical generator to tissue based on the determined dielectric boundary data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for monitoring and/or controlling tissue modification during an electrosurgical procedure comprising:
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an electrosurgical apparatus adapted to connect to an electrosurgical generator, the electrosurgical apparatus configured to apply energy to tissue; at least one electromagnetic wave source configured to generate an interrogator wave of at least one frequency adjacent tissue and in operative communication with the electrosurgical generator and the electrosurgical apparatus; a sensor configured to transmit the interrogator wave of at least one frequency and sense a reflected portion of the interrogator wave of at least one frequency; and a processor operatively coupled to the electromagnetic wave source and to the electrosurgical generator, the processor configured to determine a dielectric boundary data based on a phase shift between the interrogator wave of at least one frequency transmitted by the sensor and the reflected portion of the interrogator wave of at least one frequency sensed by the sensor, the processor configured to control the delivery of electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical generator to tissue based on the dielectric boundary data determined by the processor.
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