摘要:
This invention relates to systems and methods for tissue ablation using a moving-shot technique, including ablation of thyroid nodules and tumors, of uterine fibroids, of benign and malignant tumors in the body for a medical purpose, including radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, cryoablation, irreversible electroporation, laser ablation, and other ablation technologies. The invention includes user-interface elements that solve unmet needs for such tissue ablation, such under interface elements including an audible signal indicative of measured impedance, a historical graph of ablation apparatus output readings (including output power and impedance), a footswitch for hands-free activation and deactivation of the generator output (and possibly other controls), automatic coordination of ablation generator and probe-cooling pump outputs (including using cooled probe temperature as a parameter), automatic computation and display of information about the entirety of a multi-ablation procedure (including total energy delivered, average power delivered, total time of energy delivery), storage of procedure data (including generator readings and user annotations). The invention further includes guidance of the ablation probe using nerve stimulation for such tissue ablation.
摘要:
A system and method for applying energy, particularly radiofrequency (RF) electrical energy, to a living body can be used in tissue ablation and includes a combination of cannulas, guidance stylets, and a cooled high-frequency electrode.
摘要:
This invention relates to high-frequency ablation of tissue in the body using a cooled high-frequency electrode connected to a high frequency generator including a computer graphic control system and an automatic controller for control the signal output from the generator, and adapted to display on a real time graphic display a measured parameter related to the ablation process and visually monitor the variation of the parameter of the signal output that is controlled by the controller during the ablation process. In one example, one or more measured parameters are displayed simultaneously to visually interpret the relation of their variation and values. In one example, the displayed one or more parameters can be taken from the list of measured voltage, current, power, impedance, electrode temperature, and tissue temperature related to the ablation process. The graphic display gives the clinician an instantaneous and intuitive feeling for the dynamics and stability of the ablation process for safety and control. This invention relates to monitoring and controlling multiple ground pads to optimally carry return currents during high-frequency tissue ablation, and to prevent of ground-pad skin burns. This invention relates to the use of ultrasound imaging intraoperatively during a tissue ablation procedure. This invention relates to the use of nerve stimulation and blocking during a tissue ablation procedure.
摘要:
A high frequency generator system with a computer graphic two-dimensional user-interactable interface is achieved to allow selection of menus associated with the function, state, and output parameters of the high frequency generator system. A two-dimensional graphics display is coupled directly or remotely to a high frequency power source system which is further connected to electrodes in contact or proximity to the tissue of a patient's body. A two-dimensional display allows the user to see, in a compact, convenient, and comprehensive way, selection menus for use of the high frequency generator system, control of its parameters, monitoring of its processes during clinical application, and graphics displays related to historic or current image scan data and real-time monitoring of output parameters related to the application. Pre-set or user-selectable arrays of parameters can be selected through the two-dimensional user interface to the high frequency generator system. Real-time plotting of single or multiple output parameters as a function of time course during the clinical application can be graphically displayed on the two-dimensional display. Digital displays, alphanumeric streams of information, help menus, prompts, and sequences of menus may be selected by the two-dimensional interface through actuators on the interface or on the panel of the high frequency generator system. Several forms of the interface, user actuators, screen layouts, and methods for use of this system accommodate the specific objectives.
摘要:
This invention relates to high-frequency ablation of tissue in the body using a cooled high-frequency electrode connected to a high frequency generator including a computer graphic control system and an automatic controller for control the signal output from the generator, and adapted to display on a real time graphic display a measured parameter related to the ablation process and visually monitor the variation of the parameter of the signal output that is controlled by the controller during the ablation process. In one example, one or more measured parameters are displayed simultaneously to visually interpret the relation of their variation and values. In one example, the displayed one or more parameters can be taken from the list of measured voltage, current, power, impedance, electrode temperature, and tissue temperature related to the ablation process. The graphic display gives the clinician an instantaneous and intuitive feeling for the dynamics and stability of the ablation process for safety and control. This invention relates to monitoring and controlling multiple ground pads to optimally carry return currents during high-frequency tissue ablation, and to prevent of ground-pad skin burns. This invention relates to the use of ultrasound imaging intraoperatively during a tissue ablation procedure. This invention relates to the use of nerve stimulation and blocking during a tissue ablation procedure.