Patent ID: 9615881
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method of operating an electrosurgical system including a console having a processing device and an electrosurgical probe, the method comprising the steps of: connecting the electrosurgical probe to the console; providing an RF energy generator; providing a controller; selecting a variable mode for the electrosurgical probe with the controller; when a coagulation operation with the controller in the variable mode is selected, providing a constant power value from the RF energy generator to the electrosurgical probe to coagulate targeted tissue; and when a variable power cutting operation in the variable mode is selected, providing variable power from the RF energy generator to the electrosurgical probe at selected discrete power levels for cutting tissue, wherein the controller provides a variable output signal to the processing device so that, in response to changes in the variable output signal, the selected discrete power level provided by the RF energy generator to the electrosurgical probe changes without interruption of a power output by the electrosurgical probe; wherein power from the RF energy generator that is output by the electrosurgical probe coagulates or cuts targeted tissue.