Treatments methods and portable surgical devices for treating neoplastic and hyperplastic cells in the cervix and other dermatologically or surface related disorders
First Claim
1. An electrosurgical device comprising:
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a probe configured to be connectable to the housing, the probe further comprising;
a proximal end configured to be adjacent the housing when the probe is connected to the housing;
a thermistor;
a thermistor feedback circuit;
a distal end configured to be adjacent tissue of a patient, the distal end further comprising;
a heating element configured to receive a drive signal from the housing when the probe is connected to the housing; and
a tip connected to the heating element;
an input component disposed within the housing or the probe, the input component configured to receive an input, the input comprising a characteristic of the drive signal, the drive signal configured to be sent from the housing to the probe;
a switch configured to receive a second input, the second input comprising instruction to send the drive signal from the housing to the probe; and
the housing further comprising;
a battery; and
electronic controls configured to;
receive the characteristic of the drive signal from the input component;
receive the thermistor feedback from the thermistor feedback circuit;
regulate power transferred from the battery to the probe at operating levels, at least one of the operating levels comprising a full-rated operating level configured to transfer the power from the battery at a maximum level capable of the battery; and
send, immediately upon the switch receiving the second input, the drive signal at the full-rated operating level from the housing to the probe, the drive signal based on the received characteristic of the drive signal, the received thermistor feedback, and the full-rated operating level.
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Abstract
A portable electrosurgical device (ESD) has a housing, a probe connected to the housing and a heating element connected to the probe for destroying human tissue. The heating element is detachable from the probe and/or the probe with heating element can be detachable from the housing. The user can set a drive signal'"'"'s electrical characteristics, such as operating frequency, duty cycle, peak voltage and the like for a customized drive signal formed in the ESD based on the heating element used. Memory storage allows for storage of inputted data from a keyboard, downloaded reference documents and information off the Internet from an Ethernet connector that can be displayed for reference on a screen of the ESD. Another even more compact ESD is an integral one-piece portable device having a type of pistol hand-held grip, dis-connectable probe, and a rechargeable, removable battery in the handle provides approximately 30, one-minute treatments on a single battery charge.
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20 Claims
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1. An electrosurgical device comprising:
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a housing; a probe configured to be connectable to the housing, the probe further comprising; a proximal end configured to be adjacent the housing when the probe is connected to the housing; a thermistor; a thermistor feedback circuit; a distal end configured to be adjacent tissue of a patient, the distal end further comprising; a heating element configured to receive a drive signal from the housing when the probe is connected to the housing; and a tip connected to the heating element; an input component disposed within the housing or the probe, the input component configured to receive an input, the input comprising a characteristic of the drive signal, the drive signal configured to be sent from the housing to the probe; a switch configured to receive a second input, the second input comprising instruction to send the drive signal from the housing to the probe; and the housing further comprising; a battery; and electronic controls configured to; receive the characteristic of the drive signal from the input component; receive the thermistor feedback from the thermistor feedback circuit; regulate power transferred from the battery to the probe at operating levels, at least one of the operating levels comprising a full-rated operating level configured to transfer the power from the battery at a maximum level capable of the battery; and send, immediately upon the switch receiving the second input, the drive signal at the full-rated operating level from the housing to the probe, the drive signal based on the received characteristic of the drive signal, the received thermistor feedback, and the full-rated operating level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of using an electrosurgical device comprising:
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providing the electrosurgical device, the electrosurgical device comprising; a housing; a probe configured to be connectable to the housing, the probe further comprising; a proximal end configured to be adjacent the housing when the probe is connected to the housing; a thermistor; a thermistor feedback circuit; a distal end configured to be adjacent tissue of a patient, the distal end further comprising; a heating element configured to receive a drive signal from the housing when the probe is connected to the housing; and a tip connected to the heating element; an input component disposed within the housing or the probe, the input component configured to receive an input, the input comprising a characteristic of the drive signal, the drive signal configured to be sent from the housing to the probe; a switch configured to receive a second input, the second input comprising instruction to send the drive signal from the housing to the probe; and the housing further comprising; a battery; and electronic controls configured to; receive the characteristic of the drive signal from the input component; receive the thermistor feedback from the thermistor feedback circuit; regulate power transferred from the battery to the probe at operating levels, at least one of the operating levels comprising a full-rated operating level configured to transfer the power from the battery at a maximum level capable of the battery; and send, immediately upon the switch receiving the second input, the drive signal at the full-rated operating level from the housing to the probe, the drive signal based on the received characteristic of the drive signal, the received thermistor feedback, and the full-rated operating level; receiving default drive signal information corresponding to the heating element, the default drive signal information configured to be sent from the housing to the heating element, the default drive signal information corresponding to operations of the heating element; receiving selection to treat the tissue of the patient using the default drive signal information or receiving selection to treat the tissue of the patient using modified drive signal information; if receiving selection to treat the tissue of the patient using the default drive signal information, then; sending, from the housing and to the heating element, the drive signal information; causing, according to the default drive signal information, the operations in the heating element; and treating the tissue of the patient, the treatment comprising application of the heating element or the tip connected to the heating element to the tissue of the patient;
orif receiving selection to treat the tissue of the patient using the modified drive signal information, then; receiving, from the input component, the input, the input comprising a modified characteristic of the default drive signal information; modifying, based on the received input, the default drive signal information to generate the modified drive signal information, the modified drive signal information configured to modify the operations of the heating element; sending, from the housing and to the heating element, the modified drive signal information; causing, according to the modified drive signal information, modified operations in the heating element; and treating the tissue of the patient, the treatment comprising application of the heating element or the tip connected to the heating element to the tissue of the patient.
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