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- Patent Title: Electrosurgical apparatus for generating radiofrequency energy and microwave energy for delivery into biological tissue
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Application No.: US16189962Application Date: 2018-11-13
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Publication No.: US11717341B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Christopher Paul Hancock , Malcolm White , Nuwan Dharmisiri
- Applicant: Creo Medical Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Chepstow
- Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
- Current Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Chepstow
- Agency: ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Priority: GB 21710 2013.12.09
- Main IPC: A61B18/12
- IPC: A61B18/12 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B18/18 ; H01P1/36 ; H01P5/08 ; H01P5/12 ; A61B18/00 ; H01P1/207 ; H01P5/103

Abstract:
An isolating circuit for electrosurgical generator arranged to produce radiofrequency (RF) energy and microwave energy for treating biological tissue. The generator has an RF channel and a microwave channel which are combined at signal combiner to enable the RF energy and microwave energy to be delivered into tissue along a common feed path. The isolating circuit comprises a tunable waveguide isolator at a junction between the microwave channel and signal combiner, and can include a capacitive structure between a ground conductor of the signal combiner and a conductive input section of the waveguide isolator to inhibit coupling of the RF energy and leakage of the microwave energy. The isolating circuit can combine into a single tunable unit all the necessary components to isolate the microwave and RF channels from one another whilst providing a high withstanding voltage.
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