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:
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:
A apparatus for performing tissue modification procedures on a patient's body can include a device, which can be adapted for connection to at least two electrodes, where temperature sensors can be incorporated into tip portions of said electrodes, a high frequency generator, which can be operatively associated with said device, wherein said generator can deliver non-simultaneously a high frequency signal output to each of said electrodes, and a feedback control circuit, which can be configured to regulate the signal output delivery to each of said electrodes so it can maintain a user settable temperature at tip portion of said electrodes when the electrodes can be in contact with the patient's body.