CA2081464C - Temperature controlled rf coagulation - Google Patents

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CA2081464C
CA2081464C CA002081464A CA2081464A CA2081464C CA 2081464 C CA2081464 C CA 2081464C CA 002081464 A CA002081464 A CA 002081464A CA 2081464 A CA2081464 A CA 2081464A CA 2081464 C CA2081464 C CA 2081464C
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Abstract

Radiofrequency medical devices for ohmic heating of tissue of a patient include a temperature sensor (29) earned by and in thermally conductive relationship with a thermally conductive electrode (28). The sensor (29) is connected for feedback to a control circuit (6) that modulates RF power applied to the electrode according to the signal received from the temperature sensor (29). The control circuit (6) and RF power supply alternate between two operating modes. In the first mode the RF power supply applies RF power to the electrode (28). In the second mode the control circuit (6) senses a signal from the temperature sensor (29) in the absence of RF signal. The control circuit (6) compares the signal from the temperature sensor (29) to a set value and modu-lates the RF power applied to the electrode (28) in accordance with the set value.

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TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED~RF COAGULATION
Background of the Inyention This invention relates to medical devices that apply an RF electrical current to tissue of a patient in order to heat the tissue to induce coagulation.
Devices that perform localized heating of tissue may apply an RF electrical current through the tissue by means of electrical contacts. Tissue in the vicinity of an electrical contact is heated through resistance of the tissue to the electrical current. Such tissue heating devices may typically apply current having an intensity and duration that is empirically calculated to heat the tissue to a desired temperature. Nevertheless, the actual extent of heating is unpredictable. Excessive heating of the tissue can cause complete desiccation or '°charring" of the tissue that surrounds one or more electrical contacts. A film of charred tissue around an electrical contact can result in a high impedance between the electrical contacts that in turn leads to a cessation of the heating process. Moreover, excessive heating of the tissue can cause an electrical contact to stick to the tissue.
Summary of the Invention The invention features a radiofrequency medical device for ohmic heating of.tissue of a patient in order to induce coagulation. The device includes a plurality of RF
conductors between which RF current flows for tissue-coagulation. At least one of the conductors is a thermally conductive electrode that concentrates RF current in a local region of tissue contacted by the electrode. The electrode is connected to one pole of an RF power supply. A second pole of the RF power supply is connected to the patient via a second conductor. A temperature sensor is carried by and in thermally conductive relationship with the thermally conductive electrode. T3ae temperature sensor senses the temperature of the electrode, and thereby indirectly senses the temperature of tissue in contact with the electrode. The sensor is connected by a feedback line to a control circuit W~ 91/16859 PCT/11S91/02898 2~~~~ ~' that automatically modulates RF power applied to the electrode according to the feedback signal received from the temperature sensor. The control circuit and RF power supply alternate between two operating modes. In the first mode the RF power supply applies RF power to the electrode. Tn the second made the control circuit senses a signal from t:he temperature sensor in the absence of RF signal. The control circuit compares the signal from the temperature sensor. to a set value and modulates the RF power applied to the electrode in accordance with the set value.
In preferred embodiments, the temperature sensor is a thermistor. Alternatively, the temperature sensor may be a thermocouple. The period of temperature sensing is of vhe order of 1 percent of the cycle time, and the frequency of the cycle is substantially greater than the frequency response of the electrode-tissue system. The set value is a user set reference signal internal to the control circuit. The control circuit modulates RF power applied to the electrode to cause the temperature of the temperature sensor to approach a temperature represented by the reference signal, thereby to control the temperature of the electrode and consequently the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode. The second conductor is a patient grounding plate. The control circuit modulates the RF power applied to the electrode by varying intensity of the RF power rather than by disconnecting 'the RF
power during the first mode.
In one embodiment the conductors are opposed electrodes mounted on opposing jaws of a forceps, each of which lass a localized contact with the tissue of the patient.
Each of the electrodes may be contacted by a temperature sensor monitored by the control circuit, the RF voltage being modulated in accordance with the higher temperature that is sensed by a respective sensor. In another embodiment the electrode is constructed for thermal ablation therapy for arrhythmias, and the thermistor is embedded into the electrode. In another embodiment the electrode is mounted on a probe for gastro-intestinal hemostasis. In another embodiment the electrode is mounted~on a cautery probe. In another embodiment the electrode is the tip of a guidewire probe for thermally occluding fallopian tubes or seminal ducts. The guidewire probe is coated with insulation except at a tip of the probe, and the thermistor is mounted in the tip of the guidewire probe. Tn another embodiment the electrode is the tip of a needle for percutaneous electrode coagulation treatment of liver metastases or for transrectal electrode coagulation treatment of prostatic tumors.
The invention provides a new, feedback-controlled, time-sharing way of regulating coagulation induced by :t2R
losses of RF current through tissue. Since the RF current is mast concentrated at the location of the electrode, the tissue in the immediate vicinity of the electrode is heated more than other tissue. The electrode thermally conducts heat from the tissue, and therefore the temperature of the electrode closely approximates the temperature of the tissue contacting the electrode. Thus invention takes advantage of this feature by providing a temperature sensor that, in the absence of interfering rf currents, detects and, by feedback, controls the temperature of the electrode, as an indirect means of measuring and controlling the temperature of tissue contacting the electrode. The configuration in which the temperature sensor is carried by the electrode provides simplicity of construction and use.
Description of the PreferredEmbodiments We~first briefly describe the drawings.
Drawings Fig. 1 is a drawing of an RF probe according to the invention, useful for gastro-intestinal hemostasis.
Fig. 2 is a lengthwise cross-sectional drawing of the RF electrode of the RF probe of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a drawing of a hand-held surgical hemostasis probe according to the invention, or of a needle probe according to the invention useful for percutaneous electrode coagulation treatment of liver metastases or prostatic tumors.

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Fig. 4 is a lengthwise cross-sectional drawing of the electrode of the surgical probe or needle probe of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a drawing of a guidewire probe having a temperature-controlled tip electrode according to the invention, useful for fallopian tube ligation or seminal duct ligation.
Fig. 6 is a lengthwise cross-sectional drawing of the electrode of the guidewire probe of Fic~. 5.
Fig. '7 is a drawing of a forceps device that includes a temperature-controlled RF elects°ode according to the invention.
Fig. 8 is a drawing of a forceps device that includes a temperature-controlled R~~ electrode according to the invention in each prong of the forceps device.
Fig. 9 is a drawing of an electro-physiology catheter, useful for cardiac arrythmia ablation therapy, that includes a temperature-controlled RF electrode according to the invention.
Fig. 10 is a block diagram of the RF power supply and temperature control circuitry of the embodiments of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 3, 7, 8, and 9.
Fig. 11 is a block diagram of the RF power supply and temperature control circuitry of the embodiment of the inventions shown in Fig. S.
Fig. l2 is a detailed block diagram of the temperature control dircuit shown in Figs. 10 and 11.
Struat~are Fig. Z shows an RF probe according to 'the invention, used for gastro-intestinal hemostasis. A catheter shaft 13 ,0 has an RF electrode 12 mounted.at its tip. Catheter shaft 13 has a diameter of 7 French, and is sized to be inserted through the working channel of an endoscope. RF electrode 12 ' 3naludes a thermistor assembly. A cable 14 far the RF
electrode and a.two-conductor cable 14a for the.thermistor ' ~~ pass through cable strain relief 15 and connect with RF power supply and controller 6. Another cable 7 connects RF power supply and controller 5 with patient grounding plate 8.

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Referring to Fig. 2, the RF electrode of the device shown in Fig. 1 includes a platinum electrode portion 28 mounted on catheter shaft tip 30. A pair of thermistor leads 31 connect with thermistor assembly 29, which is embedded within platinum electrode portion 28 in thermal contact therewith, Thermistor assembly 29 senses the temperature of electrode portion 28, as an indirect indication of the temperature of the tissue surrounding the electrode. Note that the temperature of the tissue immediately surrounding the electrode is ordinarily the highest temperature in the system, because the current density through the tissue is highest at the electrode-tissue interface. A single RF electrode lead 32 connects with electrode portion 28 at resistance weld 33.
Fig. 3 shows an RF probe according to the invention, used as a hand-held surgical hemostasis probe, or as a needle probe for percutaneous electrode coagulation treatment of liver metastases or for ~transrectal electrode coagulation treatment of prostatic tumors to cause thermal ablation of the prostatic tumor. A probe handle 18 a't'taches to a platinum hypo-tube probe 20 having an insulated section 17 and a non-insulated electrode section 16. A cable 19 for the RF
electrode and a two-conductor cable 19a for the thermistor connect with RF power supply and controller 6. another cable 7 connects RF power supply and controller 6 with patient grounding plate 8.
Referring to Fig. 4, the electrode section of the RF
probe of Fig. 3 includes a rigid, platinum hypodermic tube 35 that serves both as an RF electrode and as a conductor to the RF electrode. An electrical insulation coating 39 insulates all of hypodermic tube 35 except for the electrode section at the tip. A pair of thermistor leads 38 connect with theranistor assembly 36, which is embedded in an epoxy 37 inside hypoderanic tube 35. As a needle probe, electrode section 1.6 (Fig.3) includes the rigid, pointed tip shown.
Alternatively, a percutaneous probe need not have a rigid, pointed tip if the probe is designed to follow a needle into a patient°s body. As a surgical hemostasis probe, however, the ~'O 91/1b859 PCT/1J891l02898 electrode has a blunt tip (lengthwise cross-section of electrode rectangular).
Fig. 5 shows a guidewire probe according to 'the invention, which can be used for occluding fallopian tubes or seminal ducts, and which can also be used in coronary or peripheral arteries, urinary tracts, biliary tracts, and gastro-intestinal tracts. Tn the fallopian tube application, instead of ligation, in which an incision :is usually made to access the fallopian tubes, the guidewire probe is inserted LO through the uterus and into the fallopian tube to heat the wall of the fallopian tube at a controlled temperature, thereby causing injury to the fallopian tube, and causing an inflammatory response and scarring to occlude the fallopian tube. The guidewire probe includes a flexible guidewire 25 that has an electrically insulated portion 24 and a non--insulated electrode tip portion 23. Guidewire 25 has a diameter of approximately 0.038 inches for urinary, bil:iary, and gastro-intestinal tract applications, 0.025 - 0.038 inches for peripheral arteries, and 0.014 - 0.018 inches for BO coronary applications. Guidewire 25 typically has a length of 50 - 75 centimeters for applications in the seminal ducts or fallopian tubes, and a length of approximately 175 centimeters for coronar~r angioplasty procedures. At least a portion of the distal region of the guidewire is radiopaque.
Accordingly, the guidewire may be metal or may contain platinum rings. The outside portion of the guidewire is suitable for passage of a catheter device over the exterior of the guidewire. In addition to coagulation, guidewire 25 provides a guiding function, and serves to probe through occlusions and fatty tissue. A cable 27 for the RF electrode tip portion and a single-conductor cable 27a for the thermistor pass through conductor strain relief 26 and connect with RF power supply and controller 6. Another cable 7 connects Rf power,supply and controller 6 with patient °
grounding plate 8.
Referring to Fig. 6, the RF electrode tip portion of the guidewire 25 of Fig. 5 includes a platinum RF electrode 40 W~ 91J168S9 PC,'T/1~0?~8~8~.~
~,~7 that is mounted at the tip of a guidewire coil 47 that serves as an RF conductor to electrode 40. A resistance weld 44 electrically connects guidewire coil 47 with electrode 40.
Guidewire coil 47 is covered by an electrical insulation coating 46. Epoxy 43 cements a thermistor bead 45 within electrode 4U. A single conductor 41 passes through polyamide tubing 42 within the guidewire and connects with a lead of thermistor bead 45 at resistance weld 49. Another thermistor lead 50 connects with electrode 40 at resistance weld 48.
Fig. 7 shows a forceps device according to the invention. The forceps device includes a pair of platinum prongs 59 and 61. Prong 59 has a greater area of contact with tissue than prong 61. Embedded within prongs 59 and 61 are electrodes 63 and 65 respectively. A thermistor 67 is embedded within the prong 61 having 'the smaller area of contact with tissue. Thermistor 67 is positioned in intimate contact with electrode 65. A two-conductor cable 69, which includes a conductor attached to electrode 63 and a conductor attached to electrode 65, and a two-conductor cable 69a for thermistor 67, connect with RF power supply and controller 6.
The conductor that is attached to electrode 63 may cross from one part of the forceps to the other at, e.g., the pivot point.
Fig. 8 shows a forceps device according to the ~5 invention in which prongs 59 arid 61 have approximately the same area of contact with tissue. Embedded within prongs 59 and 61 are thermistors 79 and 67 respectively. Thermistors 79 and 67 are positioned in intimate contact with electrodes 63 and 65 respectively. A two-conductor cable 71, which includes a conductor attached to electrode 63 and a conductor attached to electrode 65, connects with RF power supply and controller 6. A four-conductor cable 73, which includes two conductors attachod to thermistor 67 and two conductors attached to thermistor 79, connects with a selection circuit 75, which selects the thermistor that senses the highest temperature. A
two-conductor cable 77 connects RF power supply and controller 6 with the thermistor selected by selection circuit 75.

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Fig. 9 shows an electro-physiology catheter according to the invention, used for thermal ablation~therapy for arrhythmias. The catheter includes a nylon extrusion catheter shaft 3 having a thermally conductive radio--frequency electrode 1 mounted at its tip. Electrode 1 has embedded within it a thermistor assembly. The details of the construction of the electrode and thermistor assembly are the same as those shown in Fig. 2. Electrode 1. has a diameter of 7 French. A cable 5 for the RF electrode and a two-conductor cable 5a for the thermistor pass through electrode lead strain relief 4 and connect with RF power supply and controller 6.
Another cable 7 connects RF power supply and controller 6 with patient grounding plate 8. Catheter shaft 3 includes a series of electro-physiology electrodes 2 used to sense electrical impulses from the heart, in order to determine the location on the heart of a source of abnormal impulses, so that electrode 1 can be brought into contact with the location of the source of the abnormal impulses. A set of RF electrode leads 11 for the electro-physiology electrodes 2 passes through electrode lead strain relief 4 and connects with a standard electro-physiology switching system 9 that records data from electro-physiology electrodes 2 onto a chart recorder 10.
Fig. 10 shows a block diagram of the RF power supply and temperature control circuitry 6 of the RF probes shown in Figs. 1, 3, 7, 8, and 9. RF power supply and temperature control circuitry 6 consists of RF power supply 51 and temperature control circuit 52. RF power supply 51 preferably operates at 650 kilohertz, but can be at any frequency within the range of about 100 kilohertz to over 100 megahertz. ICt is important to Case radio frequency power rather than direct or low frequency current, or microwave power, because 'the risk of a physiological response or electrocution response is reduced at RF frequencies above 100 kHz kilohertz as compared with d.c. or low frequencies, and because microwave power would lead to radiative losses in the conductor wires that can result, e.g., in unwanted heating of the catheter shaft, probe, or guidewire.

Conductor 7 connects the patient grounding plate 8 (or one of the prongs of a forceps) with RF power supply 51.
Conductors 53 and 55 connect the thermistor with temperature control circuit 52. Conductor 57 connects the electrode with RF power supply 51. The 'temperature sensing period is approximately 1 percent of the 60 hertz cycle. Because the duration of the temperature sensing period is relatively short compared with the power application period, the amount of power that must be applied to the tissue during the power application period in order to heat sufficiently the tissue within a given amount of time can be minimized. During the temperature sensing period, temperature control circuit 52 determines how much power, at maximum, RF power supply 5a should supply during the power application period. By thus time-sharing between temperature sensing and application of current to the electrode, the temperature control circuitry eliminates the possibility that RF noise will interfere with the signal from the temperature sensor.
Fig. 11 shows a block diagram of the RF power supply and temperature control circuitry 6 of the RF probe shown in Fig. 5. RF power supply and temperature control circuitry 6 consists of RF power supply 51, temperature control circuit 52, and solid state switch 54. Conductor 7 connects patient grounding plate 8 with RF power supply 51, and conductor 41 connects the thermistor with temperature control circuit 52, Timing circuit 56 of temperature control circui°t 52 toggles hold/~10T sample line 58 so that solid state switch 54 toggles back and forth, whereby wire 55 functions alternately as a lead connecting RF power supply 51 with the electrode and as a lead connecting temperature control circuit 52 with the thermistor. (Recall that the electrode and the thermistor are electrically connected with each other in the embodiment of Figs: 5 and 6. Wire 55 connects solid state switch 54 with guidewire coil 47, which in turn connects with electrode 40, and with thermistor 45 through electrode 4p.) When solid state switch 54 connects wire 55 with temperature control circuit 52, temperature control circuit 52 determines how much Wl~ 91/16859 PCT/1JS91/02898 to power, at maximum, RF power supply 51 should supply when solid state switch 54 next connects wire 55 with RF power supply 51.
Referring to Fig. 12, in temperature control circuit 52, the resistance of thermistor 81 decreases with increasing temperature. The resistance is measured by passing a known current through the sensor 81. The resultant voltage is then interpreted as a temperature value. Hence, this resistance measuring technique follows from the basis relationship of Ohm's Law, or V = IR. If I (current) is a known quantity and constant, then V (voltage) is proportional to R (the resistance of the sensor). Capacitors 83 and 85 from an isolation network. The capacitors isolate the sensor 81 from the remaining circuit by blocking direct current flow while allowing a short measuring pulse to pass through thermistor 81. An alternate method of direct current isolation is to replace the capacitors with an appropriately matched transformer.
Linearization network 80 includes a switched constant-current source that injects current into thermistor 20' 81 in order to develop a temperature-related voltage across thermistor 81. Current injection is performed for a duration of 100 microseconds. Linearization network 80 linearizes the voltage across thermistor 81 to achieve a nearly linear (20mv/degree) temperature signal from the non-linear characteristics of the thermistor element 81.
Linearization network 80 delivers the linsarized signal to sample and hold register 82. Sample and hold register 82, which consists of an amplifier element and a storage capacitor, is used to translate the short sensor resistance measurement into a continuous (D. C. voltage) temperature signal. The amplitude of the output of sample and hold register 82 is inversely related to the temperature of thermistor 81. The output of sample and hold register 82, which is a direct current voltage whose level decreases with temperature at a rate of 20 my per degree centigrade in the working range of 20 to 100 degrees, is delivered to amplifier buffer 84 having low-temperature reference 86. Actual 11 ~~L.~l~~wf temperature display circuit 88 displays the output of amplifier buffer 84. Control amplifier 90 compares the output of amplifier buffer 84 with a temperature set voltage 92 that is set by the user. The temperature set voltage, which represents a temperature below the vaporization point or charring threshold of the tissue, is typically around 100°C.
The maximum RF power control circuit 94 receives the output of control amplifier 90 and determines the level of RF power, at maximum, that the RF power supply 51 should produce. The signal from the maximum RF power control circuit 94 is received by isolation network 96, which interfaces with RF
power supply 51. The temperature set voltage 92 is received by buffer amplifier 98 and displayed by set temperature disglay 100.
Timing circuit 56 toggles hold/NOT sample line 58 at 60 hertz. Hold/N~T sample line 58 is low during 1 percent of the cycle arid high during the other 99 percent of the cycle.
Hold/NOT sample line 58 is low when signals from temperature sensor 81 are being sampled and high when signals from temperature sensor 81 are not being sampled. Hold/NOT sample line 58 is received by RF output enable gate 102. The output of sample and held register 82 is processed by open and short sensor detector 104 to determine whether a sensor malfunction, such as a shorted or open sensor, has occurred. The output of open and shorted sensor detector 104 is received by RF output enable gate 102. RF output enable gate 102 delivers a signal to isolation network 96, which turns off RF power supply 51 when there has been a sensor malfunction or when signals from the temperature sensor are being sampled.
Divider 106 receives hold/NOT sample line 58 and delivers its output to time elapsed display 108. Time set display 110 displays the time indicated by time set switches 112, which are set by the user. Time compare network 114 compares the elapsed time with the time set by the user, and delivers an output signal to output disable circuit 116. The output of output disable circuit 116, which is active only when the elapsed time is less than the time set by the user, WO 91/1C>859 PC.'T/US91/0289R
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is delivered to RF output enable register 118. RF output enable register 118 in turn delivers the signal to the enable input to time elapsed display 108, and also to RF output enable gate 102, so that RF power supply 51 may be turned off when the time set by the user has elapsed. Switch debounce circuits 120 are provided for time set switches 112.
The user must depress footswitch 122 in order for RF
pawer supply 50 to operate. While footswitch 122 is activated, and while the elapsed time is less than the time set by the user, output disable circuit 116 delivers a signal to RF output enable register 118, which in turn delivers the signal to the enable input of time elapsed display 108, and also to RF output enable gate 102 so that RF power supply 5i may be turned on. Deactivation of footswitch 122 causes a signal to pass through elapsed time reset register 124, in order to reset time elapsed display 108 and in order to reset RF output enable register 118. The resetting of RF output enable register 118 causes RF output enable gate 102 to turn off RF power supply 51. Debounce circuit 126 is provided for footswitch 122.
operation In operation of the embodiments of the invention described above, the user first preselects the desired therapeutic te>~perature (temperature set voltage 92, Fig. 12), and sets the length of time during which heating is to take place (time set switches 112, Fig. 12~. The catheter, probe, or guidewire is inserted into the patient's body in a manner such that the electrode portion is in contact with the tissue to be heated. The user depresses footswitch 122 (Fig. 12) to initiate the heating between the electrode and 'the patient grounding plate. Heating will continue until the time set by the user has elapsed, or until the user deactivates footswitch 122. The tissue is heated by ohmic losses, with the heating being greatest in the immediate vicinity of the electrode.
The control circuitry utilizes the feedback from the thernaistor to regulate the heating process in order to ensure that the body tissue is not overheated. The circuitry thus 13 ~~U.~3.~ ~~~
prevents charring of the tissue, which can lead to a high impedance between the electrode and the grounding plate, and prevents sticking of the probe to the 'tissue. Consequently, the heating process can be predictable, prolonged, and uniform, and the heat can be allowed to penetrate deeply into the tissue.
Other embodiments are within the following claims.
Medical devices other than those described above, such as a self-cauterizing scalpel blade that caute~__~izes tissue as it cuts the tissue, could incorporate the principles of the invention. ~'he temperature sensing device need not necessarily be a thermistor, but could instead be a lower-signal device such as a thermocouple, because the FcF curreni:
is turned off during sensing.
Other embodiments are within the following c:Laims.

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1. A radiofrequency medical device for ohmic heating of tissue of a patient in order to induce coagulation, comprising a plurality of patient-contacting RF conductors between which RF current of a frequency in the range of about 100 kilohertz to 100 megahertz flows for tissue-coagulation, at least one of said conductors being a thermally conductive electrode that concentrates RF current in a local region of the patient's tissue contacted by said electrode, means to connect said electrode to one pole of an RF power supply, means to connect a second pole of said RF power supply to the patient via a second said conductor, a temperature sensor carried by and in thermally conductive relationship with said thermally conductive electrode, said temperature sensor being constructed and arranged to sense the temperature of said electrode, and thereby to sense indirectly the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode, said temperature sensor having a greater accuracy in the absence of interfering RF
electrical noise caused by said RF current passing through said thermally conductive electrode than in the presence of said interfering RF electrical noise, feedback means connecting said sensor to a control circuit, said control circuit being constructed to modulate RF power applied to said electrode according to the signal received from said temperature sensor, said control circuit and RF power supply constructed to alternate between two operating modes, in the first mode said RF power supply applying RF power to said electrode, in the second mode said control circuit sensing a signal from said temperature sensor in the absence of RF
signal, said control circuit constructed to compare the signal from said temperature sensor to a set value and to modulate the RF power applied to said electrode in accordance with said set value.
2. The RF medical device of claim 1 wherein said temperature sensor is a thermistor.
3. The RF medical device of claim 1 wherein the period of temperature sensing is of the order of 1 percent of the cycle time.
4. The RF medical device of claim 1 wherein said set value is a user set reference signal internal to said control circuit, and said control circuit is constructed and arranged to modulate RF power applied to said electrode to cause said temperature of said temperature sensor to approach a temperature represented by said reference signal, thereby to control the temperature of said electrode and consequently the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode.
5. The RF medical device of claim 1 wherein said second conductor is a patient grounding plate.
6. The RF medical device of claim 1 wherein said conductors comprise opposed electrodes each of which has a localized contact with the tissue of a patient.
7. The RF medical device of claim 6 wherein said electrodes are mounted on opposing jaws of a forceps.
8. The RF medical device of claim 6 or 7 wherein each of said electrodes is contacted by a said temperature sensor monitored by said control circuit.
9. The RF medical device of claim 8 wherein said RF
voltage is modulated in accordance with the higher temperature that is sensed by a respective sensor.
10. The RF medical device of claim 1 wherein said temperature sensor comprises a thermocouple.
11. A radiofrequency medical device for ohmic heating of tissue of a patient in order to induce coagulation, comprising a hemostasis probe constructed for gastro-intestinal hemostasis, a plurality of patient-contacting RF
conductors between which RF current of a frequency in the range of about 100 kilohertz to 100 megahertz flows for tissue-coagulation, at least one of said conductors being a thermally conductive electrode, mounted on said gastro-intestinal hemostasis probe, that concentrates RF current in a local region of the patient's tissue contacted by said electrode, means to connect said electrode to one pole of an RF power supply, means to connect a second pole of said RF
power supply to the patient via a second said conductor, a temperature sensor carried by and in-thermally conductive relationship with said thermally conductive electrode, said temperature sensor being constructed and arranged to sense the temperature of said electrode, and thereby to sense indirectly the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode, said temperature sensor having a greater accuracy in the absence of interfering RF electrical noise caused by said RF current passing through said thermally conductive electrode than in the presence of said interfering RF electrical noise, feedback means connecting said sensor to a control circuit, said control circuit being constructed to modulate RF power applied to said electrode according to the signal received from said temperature sensor, said control circuit and RF power supply constructed to alternate between two operating modes, in the first mode said RF power supply applying RF power to said electrode, in the second mode said control circuit sensing a signal from said temperature sensor in the absence of RF
signal, said control circuit constructed to compare the signal from said temperature sensor to a set value and to modulate the RF power applied to said electrode in accordance with said set value.
12. A radiofrequency medical device for ohmic heating of tissue of a patient in order to induce coagulation, comprising a surgical hemostasis probe, a plurality of patient-contacting RF conductors between which RF current of a frequency in the range of about 100 kilohertz to 100 megahertz flows for tissue-coagulation, at least one of said conductors being a thermally conductive electrode, located on said surgical hemostasis probe, that concentrates RF current in a local region the patient's of tissue contacted by said electrode, means to connect said electrode to one pole of an RF power supply, means to connect a second pole of said RF
power supply to the patient via a second said conductor, a temperature sensor carried by and in thermally conductive relationship with said thermally conductive electrode, said temperature sensor being constructed and arranged to sense the temperature of said electrode, and thereby to sense indirectly the temperature of tissue contacted-by the electrode, said temperature sensor having a greater accuracy in the absence of interfering RF electrical noise caused by said RF current passing through said thermally conductive electrode than in the presence of said interfering RF electrical noise, feedback means connecting said sensor to a control circuit, said control circuit being constructed to modulate RF power applied to said electrode according to the signal received from said temperature sensor, said control circuit and RF power supply constructed to alternate between two operating modes, in the first mode said RF power supply applying RF power to said electrode, in the second mode said control circuit sensing a signal from said temperature sensor in the absence of RF
signal, said control circuit constructed to compare the signal from said temperature sensor to a set value and to modulate the RF power applied to said electrode in accordance with said set value.
13. A radiofrequency medical device for ohmic heating of tissue of a patient in order to induce coagulation, comprising a guidewire probe, a plurality of RF patient-contacting conductors between which RF current of a frequency in the range of about 100 kilohertz to 100 megahertz flows for tissue-coagulation, at least one of said conductors being a thermally conductive electrode, located on said guidewire probe, that concentrates RF current in a local region of the patient's tissue contacted by said electrode, means to connect said electrode to one pole of an RF power supply, means to connect a second pole of said RF power supply to the patient via a second said conductor, a temperature sensor carried by and in thermally conductive relationship with said thermally conductive electrode, said temperature sensor being constructed and arranged to sense the temperature of said electrode, and thereby to sense indirectly the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode, said temperature sensor having a greater accuracy in the absence of interfering RF
electrical noise caused by said RF current passing through said thermally conductive electrode than in the presence of said interfering RF electrical noise, feedback means connecting said sensor to a control circuit, said control circuit being constructed to modulate RF power applied to said electrode according to the signal received from said temperature sensor, said control circuit and RF power supply constructed to alternate between two operating modes, in the first mode said RF power supply applying RF power to said electrode, in the second mode said control circuit sensing a signal from said temperature sensor in the absence of RF
signal, said control circuit constructed to compare the signal from said temperature sensor to a set value and to modulate the RF power applied to said electrode in accordance with said set value.
14. The RF medical device of claim 13 wherein said electrode comprises a tip of said guidewire probe, said guidewire probe is constructed for thermally occluding ducts, said guidewire probe is coated with insulation except at said electrode tip of said probe, and said thermistor is mounted within said tip of said guidewire probe.
15. The RF medical device of claim 14 wherein said guidewire probe has structural dimensions suitable for thermally occluding seminal ducts.
16. The RF medical device of claim 14 wherein said guidewire probe has structural dimensions suitable for thermally occluding fallopian tubes.
17. A radiofrequency medical device for ohmic heating of tissue of a patient in order to induce coagulation, comprising a percutaneous probe constructed for insertion into a patient's body, a plurality of patient-contacting RF
conductors between which RF current of a frequency in the range of about 100 kilohertz to 100 megahertz flows for tissue-coagulation, at least one of said conductors being a thermally conductive electrode, located on said percutaneous probe, that concentrates RF current in a local region of the patient's tissue contacted by said electrode, means to connect said electrode to one pole of an RF power supply, means to connect a second pole of said RF power supply to the patient via a second said conductor, a temperature sensor carried by and in thermally conductive relationship with said thermally conductive electrode, said temperature sensor being constructed and arranged to sense the temperature of said electrode, and thereby to sense indirectly the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode, said temperature sensor having a greater accuracy in the absence of interfering RF
electrical noise caused by said RF current passing through said thermally conductive electrode than in the presence of said interfering RF electrical noise, feedback means connecting said sensor to a control circuit, said control circuit being constructed to modulate RF power applied to said electrode according to the signal received from said temperature sensor, said control circuit and RF power supply constructed to alternate between two operating modes, in the first mode said RF power supply applying RF power to said electrode, in the second mode said control circuit sensing a signal from said temperature sensor in the absence of RF
signal, said control circuit constructed to compare the signal from said temperature sensor to a set value and to modulate the RF power applied to said electrode in accordance with said set value.
18. The RF medical device of claim 17 wherein said percutaneous probe comprises a needle, said needle is constructed for percutaneous electrode coagulation treatment of liver metastases, and said electrode comprises a tip of said needle.
19. The RF medical device of claim 17 wherein said percutaneous probe comprises a needle, said needle is constructed for transrectal electrode coagulation treatment of prostatic tumors, and said electrode comprises a tip of said needle.
20. A radiofrequency medical device for ohmic heating of tissue of a patient in order to induce coagulation, comprising a thermal ablation probe-constructed for thermal ablation therapy for arrhythmias, a plurality of patient-contacting RF conductors between which RF current of a frequency in the range of about 100 kilohertz to 100 megahertz flows for tissue-coagulation, at least one of said conductors being a thermally conductive electrode, mounted on said thermal ablation probe, that concentrates RF current in a local region of the patient's tissue contacted by said electrode, means to connect said electrode to one pole of an RF power supply, means to connect a second pole of said RF
power supply to the patient via a second said conductor, a temperature sensor carried by and in thermally conductive relationship with said thermally conductive electrode, said temperature sensor being constructed and arranged to sense the temperature of said electrode, and thereby to sense indirectly the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode, said temperature sensor having a greater accuracy in the absence of interfering RF electrical noise caused by said RF current passing through said thermally conductive electorde than in the presence of said interfering RF electrical noise, feedback means connecting said sensor to a control circuit, said control circuit being constructed to modulate RF power applied to said electrode according to the signal received from said temperature sensor, said control circuit and RF power supply constructed to alternate between two operating modes, in the first mode said RF power supply applying RF power to said electrode, in the second mode said control circuit sensing a signal from said temperature sensor in the absence of RF
signal, said control circuit constructed to compare the signal from said temperature sensor to a set value and to modulate the RF power applied to said electrode in accordance with said set value.
21. An electrode device for use with a radiofrequency medical device for ohmic heating of tissue of a patient in order to induce coagulation, said electrode device comprising a thermally conductive electrode that concentrates RF current of a frequency in the range of about 100 kilohertz to 100 megahertz in a local region of the patient's tissue contacted by said electrode, and a temperature sensor carried by and in thermally conductive relationship with said thermally conductive electrode, said temperature sensor being constructed and arranged to sense the temperature of said electrode and thereby to sense indirectly the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode, said temperature sensor having a greater accuracy in the absence of interfering RF electrical noise caused by said RF current passing through said thermally conductive electrode than in the presence of said interfering RF electrical noise, said radiofrequency medical device comprising a patient-contacting RF conductor, said RF current flowing between said thermally conductive electrode and said RF conductor for tissue-coagulation, means to connect said electrode to one pole of an RF
power supply, means to connect a second pole of said RF power supply to the patient via a second said conductor, and means connecting said sensor to a control circuit, said control circuit being constructed to modulate RF power applied to said electrode according to the signal received from said temperature sensor, said control circuit and RF power supply constructed to alternate between two operating modes, in the first mode said RF power supply applying RF power to said electrode, in said second mode said control circuit sensing a signal from said temperature sensor in the absence of RF
signal, said control circuit constructed to compare the signal from said temperature sensor to a set value and to modulate the RF power applied to said electrode in accordance with said set value.
22. The electrode device of claim 21 wherein the period of temperature sensing is of the order of 1 percent of the cycle time.
23. The electrode device of claim 21 wherein said set value is a user set reference signal internal to said control circuit, and said control circuit is constructed and arranged to modulate RF power applied to said electrode to cause said temperature of said temperature sensor to approach a temperature represented said reference signal, thereby to control the temperature of said electrode and consequently the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode.
24. A radiofrequency medical device for ohmic heating of tissue of a patient in order to induce coagulation, comprising a plurality of patient-contacting RF conductors between which RF current of a frequency in the range of about 100 kilohertz to 100 megahertz flows for tissue-coagulation, at least one of said conductors being a thermally conductive electrode that concentrates RF current in a local region of tissue contacted by said electrode, an RF power supply, means to connect said electrode to one pole of said RF power supply, means to connect a second pole of said RF power supply to the patient via a second said conductor, a temperature sensor carried by and in thermally conductive relationship with said thermally conductive electrode, said temperature sensor being constructed and arranged to sense the temperature of said electrode and thereby to sense indirectly the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode, said temperature sensor having a greater accuracy in the absence of interfering RF
electrical noise caused by said RF current passing through said thermally conductive electrode than in the presence of said interfering RF electrical noise, a control circuit, means connecting said sensor to said control circuit, said control circuit being constructed to modulate RF power applied to said electrode according to the signal received from said temperature sensor, said control circuit and RF power supply constructed to alternate between two operating modes, in the first mode said RF power supply applying RF power to said electrode, in said second mode said control circuit sensing a signal from said temperature sensor in the absence of RF
signal, said control circuit constructed to compare the signal from said temperature sensor to a set value and to modulate the RF power applied to said electrode in accordance with said set value.
25. The RF medical device of claim 24 wherein the period of temperature sensing is of the order of 1 percent of the cycle time.
26. The RF medical device of claim 24 wherein said set value is a user set reference signal internal to said control circuit, and said control circuit is constructed and arranged to modulate RF power applied to said electrode to cause said temperature of said temperature sensor to approach a temperature represented said reference signal, thereby to control the temperature of said electrode and consequently the temperature of tissue contacted by the electrode.
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