Patent ID: 11871981
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An electrosurgical system for delivering energy to tissue comprising:
a generator having a maximum output and at least two channels;
at least two electrosurgical probes operable to be connected to the at least two channels such that the at least two channels are configured to deliver energy; and
a control system, when the at least two electrosurgical probes are connected to the at least two channels, being configured to:
(a) activate at least one channel of the at least two channels which are to be activated;
(b) check for disabling conditions, where disabling conditions include to check if at least one channel of the at least two channels to be activated is in a ramping phase and to check if at least one channel of the at least two channels has been disabled; and
(c) in response to disabling conditions, disable at least one channel, of the at least two channels, from amongst all active channels based on whether at least one channel to be activated is in a ramping phase or at least one channel is disabled.