Power supply device, electromedical device system, relay device, and method of controlling power supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11934246-B2
Application number	US-202217941759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2022
Priority date	Dec 27, 2021
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

Object
Provided is a power supply device and the like capable of improving convenience.
Solving means
A power supply device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure include a power supply unit that supplies power to an electromedical device, a first impedance control unit disposed on a path of a circulation path of the power between the power supply unit and the electromedical device, excluding an input path for inputting an electrical signal obtained in the electromedical device to another device, and a second impedance control unit disposed on the input path of a path between the power supply unit and the other device. An impedance state of each of the first and second impedance control units transitions in accordance with a supply state of the power to the electromedical device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power supply device comprising:
a power supply unit configured to supply power to an electromedical device;
a first impedance control unit disposed on a path of a circulation path of the power between the power supply unit and the electromedical device, excluding an input path for inputting an electrical signal obtained in the electromedical device to another device; and
a second impedance control unit disposed on the input path of a path between the power supply unit and the other device, wherein
an impedance state of each of the first and second impedance control units transitions in accordance with a supply state of the power to the electromedical device.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
in a supply period of the power, the first impedance control unit is in a low impedance state, and the second impedance control unit is in a high impedance state, the high impedance state being a state in which an impedance is higher than an impedance in the low impedance state, and
in a stop period of the power, the first impedance control unit is in the high impedance state, and the second impedance control unit is in the low impedance state.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first impedance control unit includes a first relay,
the second impedance control unit includes a second relay, and
the power supply device further includes a relay control unit configured to perform switching control between ON states and OFF states of the first and second relays as the impedance states of the first and second impedance control units in accordance with the supply state of the power.

4. The power supply device according to claim 3 , wherein
the relay control unit performs the switching control such that in a supply period of the power,
the first relay is in the ON state as a low impedance state, and the second relay is in the OFF state as a high impedance state, the high impedance state being a state in which an impedance is higher than an impedance in the low impedance state, and
the relay control unit performs the switching control such that in a stop period of the power, the first relay is in the OFF state as the high impedance state, and the second relay is in the ON state as the low impedance state.

5. The power supply device according to claim 3 , wherein
in a supply period of the power, impedance measurement by preliminary supply of the power is performed in a period before start of high voltage output by main supply of the power, a voltage output in the preliminary supply of the power being lower than a voltage of the high voltage output.

6. The power supply device according to claim 5 , wherein
the high voltage output by the main supply is performed intermittently along a time axis, and
the impedance measurement by the preliminary supply is further performed in a pause period after the start of the high voltage output.

7. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the first and second impedance control units includes an LC resonant circuit.

8. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the circulation path is a circulation path from the power supply unit to the power supply unit via an electrode on the electromedical device and another electrode.

9. The power supply device according to claim 8 , wherein
the other electrode is a counter electrode plate, and
the first impedance control unit is disposed between the power supply unit and the electromedical device or between the counter electrode plate and the power supply unit on a path of the circulation path excluding the input path.

10. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the other device is a mapping device configured to output a three-dimensional mapping signal as the electrical signal to an outside.

11. An electromedical device system comprising:
an electromedical device; and
a power supply device configured to supply power to the electromedical device, wherein the power supply device includes
a power supply unit configured to output the power,
a first impedance control unit disposed on a path of a circulation path of the power between the power supply unit and the electromedical device, excluding an input path for inputting an electrical signal obtained in the electromedical device to another device, and
a second impedance control unit disposed on the input path of a path between the power supply unit and the other device, and
an impedance state of each of the first and second impedance control units transitions in accordance with a supply state of the power to the electromedical device.

12. A relay device for relaying between an electromedical device and a power supply device configured to supply power to the electromedical device, the relay device comprising:
a first impedance control unit disposed on a path of a circulation path of the power between the power supply device and the electromedical device, excluding an input path for inputting an electrical signal obtained in the electromedical device to another device; and
a second impedance control unit disposed on the input path of a path between the power supply device and the other device, wherein
an impedance state of each of the first and second impedance control units transitions in accordance with a supply state of the power to the electromedical device.

13. A power supply device comprising:
a first supply unit configured to supply power from a power supply unit to an electromedical device; and
a second supply unit configured to supply an electrical signal obtained in the electromedical device to another device, wherein
a transition is made, in accordance with a supply state of the power to the electromedical device, between a power supply state in which the other device is electrically separated from the first supply unit and the power is supplied to the first supply unit and a power stop state in which the electrical signal is supplied to the second supply unit and the second supply unit is electrically separated from other portions.

14. A method of controlling a power supply device including a first supply unit configured to supply power from a power supply unit to an electromedical device, and a second supply unit configured to supply an electrical signal obtained in the electromedical device to another device, the method comprising:
making a transition, in accordance with a supply state of the power to the electromedical device, between a power supply state in which the other device is electrically separated from the first supply unit and the power is supplied to the first supply unit and a power stop state in which the electrical signal is supplied to the second supply unit and the second supply unit is electrically separated from other portions.

Assignees

• Japan Lifeline Co Ltd

Inventors

• Miyamoto Hisao
• Oshima Yusuke

Classifications

• G06F1/3206 Primary

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• G06F1/3287

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