System and method for sensing tissue characteristics

    公开(公告)号:US10966775B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US15973886

    申请日:2018-05-08

    Applicant: Covidien LP

    Abstract: A medical device for treating and analyzing tissue includes a plasma applicator having a housing. The housing includes a substantially tubular shape and defines a lumen therethrough. The lumen is in fluid communication with an ionizable media source configured to supply ionizable media thereto. The applicator also includes one or more electrodes coupled to the housing. The electrodes are adapted to couple to a power source configured to energize the electrodes to ignite the ionizable media to form a plasma plume for treating tissue. The device also includes an effluent-collection attachment coupled to the plasma applicator. The effluent-collection attachment is configured to collect a portion of a plasma effluent.

    Choked dielectric loaded tip dipole microwave antenna

    公开(公告)号:US10743934B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US16113540

    申请日:2018-08-27

    Applicant: Covidien LP

    Abstract: A microwave antenna assembly is disclosed. The antenna assembly includes a feedline having an inner conductor, an outer conductor and an inner insulator disposed therebetween. A radiating portion is also included having an unbalanced dipole antenna including a proximal portion and a distal portion that are of different lengths. The proximal portion includes at least a portion of the inner conductor and the inner insulator and the distal portion includes a conductive member.

    MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM WITH USER-CONTROLLED ABLATION SIZE AND METHOD OF USE

    公开(公告)号:US20190046277A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-14

    申请号:US16159011

    申请日:2018-10-12

    Applicant: Covidien LP

    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for enabling user preview and control of the size and shape of an electromagnetic energy field used in a surgical procedure. The disclosed system includes a selectively activatable source of microwave surgical energy in the range of about 900 mHz to about 5 gHz in operable communication with a graphical user interface and a database. The database is populated with data corresponding to the various surgical probes, such as microwave ablation antenna probes, that may include a probe identifier, the probe diameter, operational frequency of the probe, ablation length of the probe, ablation diameter of the probe, a temporal coefficient, a shape metric, and the like. The probe data is graphically presented on the graphical user interface where the surgeon may interactively view and select an appropriate surgical probe. Three-dimensional views of the probe(s) may be presented allowing the surgeon to interactively rotate the displayed image.

    Microwave ablation generator control system

    公开(公告)号:US10022185B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US15182269

    申请日:2016-06-14

    Applicant: COVIDIEN LP

    Abstract: A microwave energy delivery and measurement system, including a microwave generator and a microwave energy delivery device, for performing medical procedures, and a remote power coupler system for measuring one or more parameters of the microwave energy signal including a remote RF sensor housed in the microwave energy delivery device and a power coupler processer coupled with the processing unit of the microwave energy delivery device.

    Reflective power monitoring for microwave applications

    公开(公告)号:US10987165B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US15823868

    申请日:2017-11-28

    Applicant: COVIDIEN LP

    Abstract: A system and method for supplying microwave energy to tissue for microwave therapy includes an electrosurgical generator having an output for coupling to a surgical instrument. The electrosurgical generator includes a microwave energy source and a controller for controlling the operation of the electrosurgical generator. The surgical instrument, coupled to the electrosurgical generator, includes a microwave antenna for delivering microwave energy from the microwave energy source. The controller of the electrosurgical generator is operable for causing the electrosurgical generator to apply at least two pulses of microwave energy.

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