Systems and methods for controlling use of treatment devices
First Claim
1. A surgical system comprising a controller, a monitor and a radio frequency generator for applying radiofrequency energy to a patient to create a plurality of tissue lesions in a surgical procedure at a series of axially spaced apart levels of tissue utilizing a single electrosurgical device, the monitor including graphic displays configured to simultaneously display an electrode array icon and a lesion icon, the electrode array icon indicating a first parameter and the lesion icon simultaneously indicating a) the series of axially spaced apart levels of tissue;
- b) a designated level of tissue from the series of axially spaced apart levels of tissue;
c) a number of lesions formed in the designated level of tissue; and
d) a number of lesions not formed in the designated level of tissue and in the axially spaced apart levels of tissue other than the designated level of tissue.
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Abstract
A system for controlling a treatment device generates a graphical interface that visually prompts a user in a step-wise fashion to use the treatment device to perform a process of forming a pattern of lesions that extends both circumferentially and axially in different levels in a body region. The graphical interface displays for the user a visual record of the progress of the process from start to finish and guides the user so that so that individual lesions desired within a given level are all formed, and that a given level of lesions is not skipped.
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19 Claims
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1. A surgical system comprising a controller, a monitor and a radio frequency generator for applying radiofrequency energy to a patient to create a plurality of tissue lesions in a surgical procedure at a series of axially spaced apart levels of tissue utilizing a single electrosurgical device, the monitor including graphic displays configured to simultaneously display an electrode array icon and a lesion icon, the electrode array icon indicating a first parameter and the lesion icon simultaneously indicating a) the series of axially spaced apart levels of tissue;
- b) a designated level of tissue from the series of axially spaced apart levels of tissue;
c) a number of lesions formed in the designated level of tissue; and
d) a number of lesions not formed in the designated level of tissue and in the axially spaced apart levels of tissue other than the designated level of tissue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- b) a designated level of tissue from the series of axially spaced apart levels of tissue;
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14. A graphical user interface for an electrosurgical procedure for treatment of a sphincter in a gastro-intestinal tract of a patient, the electrosurgical procedure including applying radiofrequency energy through a plurality of radiofrequency electrodes to create a plurality of lesions at a plurality of axially spaced levels of tissue, the graphical user interface comprising a graphical display having a first section and a second section, the first section providing an indication of at least one measured parameter of an electrode of the plurality of radiofrequency electrodes or of tissue at the axially spaced level of tissue and the second section providing a graphic indication simultaneously indicating a) the plurality of axially spaced levels of tissue b) a number of lesions formed at each of the plurality of axially spaced levels of tissue;
- and c) a number of lesions not formed at each of the plurality of axially spaced levels of tissue.
- View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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