Ablation system, methods, and controllers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10080601-B2
Application number	US-201615203564-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2016
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

In a multi-electrode ablation system, method, and controller, a power supply is configured to be coupled to a plurality of electrodes, and a controller is coupled to the power supply. The controller is configured to couple an output voltage of the power supply to the plurality of electrodes, and for each electrode of the plurality of electrodes, measure a temperature associated with the electrode, and determine a thermal gain of each electrode of the plurality of electrodes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of sampling a periodic, time invariant signal having a known frequency, the method comprising:
sampling the periodic, time invariant signal at a substantially fixed frequency during a first plurality of periods of the signal to collect a plurality of samples of the signal, wherein each sample includes a phase of the signal and an amplitude of the signal, wherein the substantially fixed frequency is selected to collect one or more samples during each period of the signal at a different phase of the signal than samples collected during an immediately prior period of the signal; and
combining the plurality of samples collected over the first plurality of periods of the signal as a function of the phase of the signal to produce a representation of a single period of the signal.

2. The method set forth in claim 1 wherein a first collected sample from during the first plurality of periods has a first phase, and wherein combining the plurality of samples collected over the first plurality of periods of the signal comprises combining the plurality of samples collected over a plurality of periods of the signal that ends with a period prior to a second plurality of periods in which the phase of the signal in a first collected sample of the second plurality of periods substantially equals the first phase in the first collected sample of the first plurality of periods.

3. The method set forth in claim 1 wherein the signal is an output voltage signal of an ablation generator.

4. The method set forth in claim 1 wherein the signal is a sinusoidal signal.

5. The method set forth in claim 1 wherein the signal has a frequency of approximately 480 kilohertz.

6. The method set forth in claim 1 wherein sampling the signal comprises sampling the signal at a sampling rate of approximately 1.6 megasamples per second.

7. The method set forth in claim 1 wherein sampling the signal comprises acquiring approximately three samples of the signal for each period of the signal.

8. A controller comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
sample a periodic, time invariant signal at a substantially fixed frequency during a first plurality of periods of the signal to collect a plurality of samples of the signal, wherein each sample includes a phase of the signal and an amplitude of the signal, wherein the substantially fixed frequency is selected to collect one or more samples during each period of the signal at a different phase of the signal than samples collected during an immediately prior period of the signal; and
combine the plurality of samples collected over the first plurality of periods of the signal as a function of the phase of the signal to produce a representation of a single period of the signal.

9. The controller set forth in claim 8 wherein the memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to combine the plurality of samples collected over the first plurality of periods of the signal by combining the plurality of samples collected over a plurality of periods of the signal that ends with a period prior to a second plurality of periods in which the phase of the signal in a first collected sample of the second plurality of periods substantially equals a first phase of the signal in a first collected sample of the first plurality of periods.

10. The controller set forth in claim 8 wherein the signal is an output voltage signal of an ablation generator.

11. The controller set forth in claim 8 wherein the signal is a sinusoidal signal.

12. The controller set forth in claim 8 wherein the signal has a frequency of approximately 480 kilohertz.

13. The controller set forth in claim 8 wherein the processor is configured to sample the signal at a sampling rate of approximately 1.6 megasamples per second.

14. The controller set forth in claim 8 wherein the processor is configured to acquire approximately three samples of the signal for each period of the signal.

Assignees

• St Jude Medical Cardiology Div Inc
• St Jude Medical Cardiology Div Inc

Inventors

• Brotz Joseph Allen
• Hein John Eric
• Froehlich Raymond Vincent
• Barnier Joseph William

Classifications

• H03L7/091

  the phase or frequency detector using a sampling device (H03L7/087 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04L7/06

  the synchronisation signals differing from the information signals in amplitude, polarity or frequency {or length} · CPC title

• A61B2018/00267

  having a basket shaped structure · CPC title

• A61B2018/00666

  using a threshold value · CPC title

• A61B2018/00702

  Power or energy · CPC title