Patent ID: 11937866
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method for operating an electrosurgical system in a tissue treatment cycle applied to a target tissue by an electrosurgical instrument of the electrosurgical system, the method comprising:
gradually increasing a bipolar power level of a bipolar generator of the electrosurgical system to a predetermined bipolar power level in a first portion of a tissue-feathering segment of the tissue treatment cycle;
maintaining the predetermined bipolar power level in a second portion of the tissue-feathering segment;
gradually increasing a monopolar power level of a monopolar generator of the electrosurgical system to a predetermined monopolar power level in a first portion of a tissue-warming segment of the tissue treatment cycle;
maintaining the predetermined bipolar power level and the predetermined monopolar power level in a second portion of the tissue-warming segment;
gradually increasing the monopolar power level of the monopolar generator from the predetermined monopolar power level to beyond the predetermined monopolar power level while gradually decreasing the bipolar power level of the bipolar generator from the predetermined bipolar power level to below the predetermined bipolar power level in a tissue-sealing segment of the tissue treatment cycle; and
stepping up the monopolar power level of the monopolar generator in a tissue-cutting segment of the tissue treatment cycle.