Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flow rate verification monitor for fluid-cooled microwave ablation probe
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Application No.: US15595500Application Date: 2017-05-15
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Publication No.: US10251701B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Richard A. Willyard , Joseph D. Brannan
- Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
- Current Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Agency: Carter, DeLuca & Farrell, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/18
- IPC: A61B18/18 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
A microwave ablation system includes an antenna assembly configured to deliver microwave energy from an energy source to tissue and a coolant source operably coupled to the energy source and configured to selectively provide fluid to the antenna assembly via a fluid path. The system also includes a controller operably coupled to the energy source and a piezoelectric transducer operably coupled to the fluid path to detect a force of fluid flow through the fluid path. The piezoelectric transducer is configured to generate a signal based on the detected force of fluid through the fluid path. The controller is configured to control the energy source output based on the generated signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170245932A1 FLOW RATE VERIFICATION MONITOR FOR FLUID-COOLED MICROWAVE ABLATION PROBE Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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