Title:
SURGICAL GENERATOR FOR ULTRASONIC DEVICES AND FOR ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/044338
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A surgical generator (102) that may produce a drive signal or signals of particular voltages, currents, and frequencies, e.g. 55,500 cycles per second (Hz). The drive signal or signals may be provided to an ultrasonic surgical device (104), and specifically to a transducer. In one embodiment, the generator may be configured to produce a drive signal of a particular voltage, current, and/or frequency that can be stepped with high resolution, accuracy, and repeatability. Additionally, the surgical generator may generate a drive signal or signals with output power sufficient to perform bipolar electrosurgery using radio frequency (RF) energy. The drive signal may be provided, for example, to electrodes of the electrosurgical device (106). Accordingly, the generator may be configured for therapeutic purposes by applying electrical signals to an ultrasonic transducer or electrical energy to the tissue sufficient for treating the tissue (e.g., cutting, coagulation, cauterization, tissue welding).
Inventors:
WEINER EITAN T (US)
ALDRIDGE JEFFREY L (US)
NOYES BRIAN T (US)
MESSERLY JEFFREY D (US)
GIORDANO JAMES R (US)
BEETEL ROBERT J (US)
PRICE NATHAN J (US)
STULEN FOSTER B (US)
MILLER MATTHEW C (US)
WILEY JEFFREY P (US)
PRICE DANIEL W (US)
KOCH ROBERT L (US)
BROTZ JOSEPH A (US)
HEIN JOHN E (US)
VOEGELE AARON C (US)
ABBOTT DANIEL J (US)
KILLINGER SCOTT B (US)
DAVISON MARK A (US)
YATES DAVID C (US)
MONSON GAVIN M (US)
ALDRIDGE JEFFREY L (US)
NOYES BRIAN T (US)
MESSERLY JEFFREY D (US)
GIORDANO JAMES R (US)
BEETEL ROBERT J (US)
PRICE NATHAN J (US)
STULEN FOSTER B (US)
MILLER MATTHEW C (US)
WILEY JEFFREY P (US)
PRICE DANIEL W (US)
KOCH ROBERT L (US)
BROTZ JOSEPH A (US)
HEIN JOHN E (US)
VOEGELE AARON C (US)
ABBOTT DANIEL J (US)
KILLINGER SCOTT B (US)
DAVISON MARK A (US)
YATES DAVID C (US)
MONSON GAVIN M (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2010/051787
Publication Date:
October 27, 2011
Filing Date:
October 07, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC (US)
WEINER EITAN T (US)
ALDRIDGE JEFFREY L (US)
NOYES BRIAN T (US)
MESSERLY JEFFREY D (US)
GIORDANO JAMES R (US)
BEETEL ROBERT J (US)
PRICE NATHAN J (US)
STULEN FOSTER B (US)
MILLER MATTHEW C (US)
WILEY JEFFREY P (US)
PRICE DANIEL W (US)
KOCH ROBERT L (US)
BROTZ JOSEPH A (US)
HEIN JOHN E (US)
VOEGELE AARON C (US)
ABBOTT DANIEL J (US)
KILLINGER SCOTT B (US)
DAVISON MARK A (US)
YATES DAVID C (US)
MONSON GAVIN M (US)
WEINER EITAN T (US)
ALDRIDGE JEFFREY L (US)
NOYES BRIAN T (US)
MESSERLY JEFFREY D (US)
GIORDANO JAMES R (US)
BEETEL ROBERT J (US)
PRICE NATHAN J (US)
STULEN FOSTER B (US)
MILLER MATTHEW C (US)
WILEY JEFFREY P (US)
PRICE DANIEL W (US)
KOCH ROBERT L (US)
BROTZ JOSEPH A (US)
HEIN JOHN E (US)
VOEGELE AARON C (US)
ABBOTT DANIEL J (US)
KILLINGER SCOTT B (US)
DAVISON MARK A (US)
YATES DAVID C (US)
MONSON GAVIN M (US)
International Classes:
A61B18/12; A61B17/32; A61B18/14; A61N7/02; B06B1/02
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
JOHNSON, Philip, S. et al. (One Johnson & Johnson PlazaNew Brunswick, NJ, US)
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