Medical rf apparatus and a method for controlling the same
AssigneeLutronic Corporation
InventorsKwang Chon KO, Richard Howard COHEN
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Abstract
A medical RF apparatus using an RF pulse and a method of controlling the medical RF apparatus are provided. The medical RF apparatus includes an RF generator, which generates a test pulse for detecting characteristics of tissue, a monitoring unit, which monitors the change in the information on the tissue state while the test pulse is transmitted to the tissue, and a measurement unit, which determines the tissue characteristics of a patient by comparing the values monitored in the monitoring unit with the reference data.
Claims15
A medical RF apparatus estimating characteristics of a skin tissue with an RF pulse, comprising:
- an RF generator generating a test pulse for detecting the characteristics of the skin tissue;
- a monitoring unit monitoring a change in information on a state of the skin tissue while the test pulse is transmitted;
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- an estimating unit determining the characteristics of the skin tissue of a patient based on an impedance pattern over time monitored by a monitoring unit while the test pulse is transmitted.
A medical RF apparatus for testing and treating a skin tissue, comprising:
- an RF generator, which generates a test pulse for detecting characteristics of the skin tissue and a pulse for treatment for treating the skin tissue;
- a monitoring unit, which monitors information on a state of the skin tissue while the test pulse or the pulse for treatment is transmitted;
- an estimating unit, which determines the characteristics of the skin tissue of a patient based on an impedance pattern over time monitored by a monitoring unit while the test pulse is transmitted;
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- a control unit, which controls parameters of the pulse for treatment by setting initial parameters of the pulse for treatment by the characteristics of the skin tissue determined in the estimating unit, followed by monitoring the information on the state of the skin tissue detected in the monitoring unit while the pulse for treatment is transmitted.
A method for performing an examination for a skin tissue, comprising:
- transmitting a test pulse to a target site;
- monitoring information on a state of the skin tissue at the target site while the test pulse is transmitted;
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- determining characteristics of the skin tissue of a patient based on an impedance pattern over time monitored by a monitoring unit while the test pulse is transmitted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.