Patent ID: 8235982
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An electrosurgical system, comprising: an evacuator apparatus adapted to evacuate at least one of aerosol and smoke generated during application of electrosurgical energy; a sensor operatively coupled to the evacuator apparatus adapted to sense the at least one of the aerosol and the smoke generated during application of the electrosurgical energy and to generate data in response to the sensed at least one of the aerosol and the smoke, wherein the sensor operatively communicates the data to the evacuator apparatus and the evacuator apparatus evacuates the at least one of the aerosol and the smoke as a function of the data, wherein the evacuator apparatus is configured to evacuate the at least one of the aerosol and the smoke along a first fluid path, wherein the sensor is configured to sense the at least one of the aerosol and the smoke being evacuated along the first fluid path; and a second fluid path in operative fluid communication with the first fluid path and the sensor, wherein the second fluid path is adapted to communicate the at least one of the aerosol and the smoke from the first fluid path to the sensor.