Power glove
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsTony Moua, Jason L. Craig
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Abstract
A system and method for powering a wireless electrosurgical device using a powered glove. The powered glove includes at least a conductive pad on a finger and a thumb. The glove is connected to a generator and supplies power to the wireless electrosurgical device when at least two conductive pads touch conductive buttons on the wireless device. The user selects the operating mode by selecting different combination of conductive buttons and/or switches on the wireless device. The generator senses a voltage drop across a circuit within the electrosurgical device to determine the operating mode. The generator then supplies the RF energy based on the selected operating mode via the glove to the wireless device.
Claims18
The glove system for powering a wireless electrosurgical device, comprising:
- a return pad configured to couple to a patient;
- the wireless electrosurgical device including a first contact switch for setting an operating mode of the wireless electrosurgical device and a second contact switch, the operating mode being selected from the group consisting of cutting, ablating, coagulating, and sealing, the wireless electrosurgical device being a monopolar device;
- a glove including a first conductive pad configured to select the operating mode of the wireless electrosurgical device and a second conductive pad;
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- a generator configured to supply radio-frequency (RF) energy to the wireless electrosurgical device through the glove in response to the first contact switch selecting the operating mode of the wireless electrosurgical device by contacting the first contact switch with the first conductive pad and by contacting the second contact switch with the second conductive pad.
The glove system for powering a wireless electrosurgical device, comprising:
- the wireless electrosurgical device including a first contact switch for setting an operating mode of the wireless electrosurgical device and a second contact switch, the operating mode being selected from the group consisting of cutting, ablating, coagulating, and sealing, the wireless electrosurgical device being a bipolar device;
- a glove including a first conductive pad configured to select the operating mode of the wireless electrosurgical device, a second conductive pad, and a palm conductive pad;
- a generator configured to supply radio-frequency (RF) energy to the wireless electrosurgical device through the glove in response to the first contact switch selecting the operating mode of the wireless electrosurgical device by contacting the first contact switch with the first conductive pad and by contacting the second contact switch with the second conductive pad;
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- a return pad contact that interconnects with the palm conductive pad on the glove to return the RF energy to the generator.
The glove system for powering a wireless electrosurgical device, comprising:
- a generator;
- a glove including a first conductive pad and a second conductive pad;
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- the wireless electrosurgical device including a circuit, a first contact switch and a second contact switch, the first contact switch configured to transmit a signal in response to a voltage drop across the circuit to the generator indicative of an operating mode of the wireless electrosurgical device when the first conductive pad of the glove contacts the first contact switch, wherein the generator is configured to supply radio-frequency (RF) energy to the wireless electrosurgical device through the glove in response to the second conductive pad contacting the second contact switch and the voltage drop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.