Circuit and method for controlling an electrosurgical generator using a full bridge topology
CA 2554720 C · Owner: Sherwood Services Ag · Inventors: Behnke, Robert
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A system for controlling an electrosurgical generator using a full bridge topology is disclosed. The system includes a high voltage direct current power source which supplies power and a radio frequency output stage which receives power from the high voltage direct current power source and outputs radio frequency energy at a predetermined radio frequency set point. The system also includes one or more sensors which determine one or more parameters of radio frequency energy being applied to tissue and a microprocessor configured to receive one or more parameters and outputs the predetermined radio frequency set point to the radio frequency output stage as a function of one or more of the …
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- Filed July 31, 2006 and granted December 9, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 31, 2026.
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