RESONANT INVERTER OF RADIO FREQUENCY GENERATOR FOR RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION

• US 20110069518A1
• Filed: 03/24/2010
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyong-Min Shin, Taewoong Medical Company Limited (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kyong Min Shin, Taewoong Medical Company Limited (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jun-hyok, Jung, Hong-chea, Na, Guk-joo, Kim, Kye-joo, SHIN, Kyong-Min, Choi, Young-Jin, Kim, Jae-Bok
• Application Number:
  US12/730,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20110069518A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/140
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/4815 Resonant converters H02M7/4811 and H02M7/4826 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/538 in a push-pull configuration H02M7/5375 takes precedence ; with oscillating arrangements H02M7/53832, H02M7/53846
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Abstract

Disclosed herein is the resonant inverter of a radio frequency (RF) generator for radiofrequency ablation (RFA). The resonant inverter of RF generator for RFA amplifies to high power an oscillation frequency output from an oscillator and provides the amplified oscillation frequency to an electrode. The resonant inverter processes the oscillation frequency output from the oscillator as a high-power sine wave having a frequency of 480 kHz and a Root Mean Square (RMS) power of 30 to 200 watts, and transfers the high-power sine wave to the electrode.

Claims

1. A resonant inverter of a radio frequency (RF) generator for radiofrequency ablation (RFA), the resonant inverter amplifying to high power an oscillation frequency output from an oscillator and providing the amplified oscillation frequency to an electrode, wherein:

the resonant inverter processes the oscillation frequency output from the oscillator as a high-power sine wave having a frequency of 480 kHz and a Root Mean Square (RMS) power of 30 to 200 watts, and transfers the high-power sine wave to the electrode.

2. The resonant inverter according to claim 1, comprising:

a series resonant circuit unit in which an inductor and a first capacitor are connected in series so as to generate a resonant frequency identical to the oscillation frequency required to switch high voltage that is supplied to the resonant inverter; and

a parallel resonant circuit unit in which a second capacitor and a primary coil of a transformer are connected in parallel so as to perform secondary resonance on an output of the series resonant circuit unit and transmit a pure sine wave AC output to the electrode.

3. The resonant inverter according to claim 2, wherein the inductor is made of ferrite material having a high quality factor (Q), thus improving energy efficiency.

4. The resonant inverter according to claim 2, wherein the inductor is implemented as a single coil.

5. The resonant inverter according to claim 1, wherein an inductive transformer is connected between the resonant inverter and the electrode as output impedance, so that the output impedance cancels capacitive impedance of a biological cell, and thus maximum power relative to a pure resistance component of the biological cell can be supplied.