Patent ID: 7887534
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of energizing an electrosurgical probe so as to allow for the manipulation of tissue, comprising the steps of: establishing a maximum acceptable average power level that the electrosurgical probe should not exceed; energizing the electrosurgical probe with a power signal for a first defined period of a first interval; interrupting the power signal for a second defined period of the first interval when an actual power level of the power signal during the first defined period of the first interval exceeds the established maximum acceptable average power level for the first interval; and when the actual average power level over the first interval exceeds the maximum acceptable average power level, outputting the power signal during a second interval subsequent to the first interval such that the actual average power level of the power signal over the first interval combined with the actual average power level over the second subsequent interval does not exceed the maximum acceptable average power level.