WO1993003680A1 - Anordnung zum schneiden von biologischem gewebe mit hochfrequenzstrom - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to an arrangement for cutting biological tissue with high-frequency current according to the preamble of claim 1.
- High frequency currents are used in surgery for cutting biological tissue or for coagulating, ie breastfeeding.
- An almost continuous high-frequency power is supplied during cutting.
- One problem with high-frequency surgery is the correct metering of power when cutting. If the output is set too low, the tissue is subjected to a strong mechanical load, it cannot be cut quickly or the cutting process comes to a complete standstill. If, on the other hand, the high-frequency power is set too high, a powerful arc arises between the surgical probe and the tissue. On the one hand, this arc causes a strong necrotization of the tissue, which affects the healing process. However, an arc that is too pronounced has further disadvantages.
- the main disadvantage is a partial rectification of the High-frequency currents through the arc, which creates the risk of nerve and muscle irritation in the patient.
- Such muscle and nerve irritation can lead to sudden, unpredictable movements of the patient, even if the patient is under general anesthesia. In this case, the surgeon can no longer work in a controlled manner and there is a high risk of injury to the patient from the surgical probe.
- the arc is too strong, the tissue is also decomposed and underwater cuts, such as in urology, can even dissociate the irrigation fluid thermally. Both processes produce explosive gas mixtures, which can lead to dangerous explosions in the patient's body during operations in body cavities.
- the power required for cutting and the extent of the resulting arc is also characterized by a large number of external parameters.
- Main influencing factors are e.g.
- the optimal setting of the high-frequency generator is given when there is a small arc between the surgical probe and the tissue, which on the one hand ensures a point-like transition of the HF current from the surgical probe to the tissue which is favorable for cutting, but on the other hand the described disadvantages of a strong arc not yet evoked.
- German patent P 25 04 280 a device for cutting and / or coagulating human tissue with high frequency current is therefore described, in which a display device is available which shows the extent of the arcing between the probe and the tissue is indicated by an electrical signal and contains a control device which regulates the current intensity of the high-frequency current delivered to the patient and thus also the high-frequency power supplied to the patient in such a way that the extent of the arc corresponds to a preset value.
- the electrical voltage between the surgical probe and tissue should be so high that an arc can ignite at all.
- this requires a correspondingly high open-circuit voltage of the generator, and on the other hand, a high-resistance or insulating layer must also be present between the surgical probe and the tissue.
- this layer may be formed by a coating of dried-up blood coagulum and remaining tissue residues. If there is a small gap between the surgical probe and the tissue, air or an only slightly conductive rinsing liquid forms the high-resistance or insulating layer. If the surgical probe touches the tissue and its surface is clean, this high-resistance or insulating layer is formed by a vapor layer, which is formed when the cell fluid evaporates. The thickness of the resulting vapor layer depends on the electrical power supplied.
- the thickness of the high-resistance or insulating layer in turn influences the arc and its effects.
- the thicker the high-resistance or insulating layer the greater the arc's striking distance and the more power is converted into energy at the point of transition of the arc. This creates some of the disadvantages described when an excessive arc occurs.
- the relationship between RF current in the arc and RF voltage on the arc becomes increasingly non-linear. This increases the non-linear signals generated by the arc in HF current and voltage, which are primarily harmonic to the current generator frequency.
- there are the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and higher order harmonics the frequencies of which are 2 times, 3 times, 4 times, ... the current frequency of the output signal, and it is the harmonic O. (zero) order that describes the rectifying effect of the arc.
- This constant component in the arc is responsible for nerve and muscle irritation.
- the thickness of the vapor layer does not immediately follow the power currently being supplied.
- the control system thus receives a dead time. This can be seen particularly when cutting. There is a non-negligible amount of time between when the generator is switched on and when an arc ignites for the first time, sometimes it takes a few seconds before the cut really begins. It is known in control engineering that control systems which contain dead times are difficult to stabilize.
- the arc does not burn evenly on the surface of the surgical probe all the time. Provided the voltage is high enough, the arc will ignite where the vapor layer is thinnest. The strong energy concentration at the point of transition of the high-frequency current caused by the arc evaporates the cell fluid there, the point of transition then quickly becomes the point with the thickest insulating layer. The arc then ignites elsewhere. In this way, the arc scans the entire surface of the surgical probe and ultimately evaporates the cell fluid along its entire surface. At which point and with which stroke distance the arc burns is so random that the burning of the arc must be regarded as a stochastic process. This has effects on the spectrum of high-frequency current and high-frequency voltage.
- the resulting spectral components by the arc in its amplitude is not constant.
- the rate of change is sufficient up to an upper limit, which is predetermined by the operating frequency.
- This also results in a broadband noise in the frequency spectrum, which is used in EP-A-0 219 568 to detect the arc.
- the object of the invention is now to design the arrangement for cutting biological tissue with high-frequency currents according to the preamble of claim 1 such that despite the dead times described, the necessary averaging and the risk of destabilization of the control by the physical effects of the arc stable regulation is achieved.
- An inventive solution to this problem is specified in claim 1. Developments of the invention are characterized in the subclaims.
- the arrangement for displaying the extent of the arc is then combined with a regulation of at least one of the characteristic parameters of the generator.
- At least one of the characteristic parameters of the generator is regulated to a 1st setpoint.
- the effect of some of the external parameters on the cutting behavior is thereby eliminated.
- the characteristic parameter is preferably regulated to a setpoint value which influences the external parameter which has the greatest influence on the cutting behavior in the type of operation currently being carried out. If the type of fabric and the drying state change only slowly, but the cutting depth or cutting speed must be varied continuously, it is beneficial to regulate the output voltage.
- Short-term changes in the external parameters are thus regulated by the fast-working regulation of the characteristic parameter in terms of their effect on the cutting behavior, averaged over a longer period of time, the extent of the arc is constant and determined by the second setpoint.
- the 2nd setpoint for the extent of the arc is supplied by a setpoint generator.
- the setpoint generator outputs a fixed setpoint.
- the operating doctor will still be able to influence the 2nd setpoint given by the setpoint generator and adapt it to the surgical goal.
- Very small second sol values for the extent of the arc lead to cuts with minimal necrosis and minimal muscle and nerve irritation. You will always choose this setting if e.g. B. is cut in the vicinity of nerve centers and there is a risk that the patient shrugs due to stimulation of these nerves. Such sudden movements of the patient complicate the operation and involve the risk that the doctor cuts too deeply and can seriously injure the patient in the process.
- control device for one of the characteristic parameters of the generator part with the display device for the extent of the arc according to claim 1.
- control device for one of the characteristic parameters makes it possible to use physical processes for the display devices which are too slow for direct control for a constant extent of the arc.
- the patent specification of German patent DE 25 04 280 describes as a particular advantage of the regulation to the 3rd and higher harmonics that only these harmonics allow rapid regulation. If only regular deviations and slowly changing processes need to be corrected by regulating to a constant target value for the extent of the arc, the particularly easy-to-measure 0th harmonic can also be used with sufficient success to indicate the extent of the arc.
- the constant control of the output voltage achieves almost constant cutting conditions and constant The extent of the arc. It is only necessary to adjust the output voltage if the conductivity of the tissue changes at the location of the operation. This occurs either when the cut into a tissue area with extraneous tissue, such as muscle tissue in adipose tissue ⁇ or if by constant Er ⁇ warming the surgical area dries slowly. In this trap will reduce the mean extent of the arc with an initially constant output voltage. As a result, the low-frequency components and especially the directional current also decrease.
- the output signal of the arc control becomes lower, the evaluation device increases the 1st setpoint for the control device until the signal of the display device is again equal to the 2nd setpoint for the extent of the arc.
- the evaluation device must change the rate of change of its output signal, that is to say that of the control unit Limit 1st setpoint by suitable measures so that the rate of increase is at least one order of magnitude lower than the control speed of the control device.
- the rate of change is limited by first comparing the instantaneous deviation of the output signal of the display circuit for the extent of the arc with the second setpoint.
- a possible circuit-related realization of this comparison can take place by forming the difference between the two signals, preferably with a differential amplifier. The difference signal thus formed will initially change quickly. If the temporal mean value of this signal is now formed, this output signal is suitable for being fed to the control device as the 1st setpoint.
- Averaging circuits are well known. The simplest realization best ht in an RC low-pass filter with a defined cut-off frequency f g ⁇ .
- a difference signal is likewise formed from the output signal of the display device for the extent of the arc and the second setpoint for the extent of the arc.
- This output signal is fed to a circuit with a time-integrating effect, such as that shown in FIG. B. can be realized in a known manner with the aid of a capacitive feedback differential amplifier.
- the extent of the arc will change until the output signal of the display device for the extent of the arc is equal to the second setpoint for the extent of the arc without permanent control deviation.
- a possibly necessary DC voltage offset for the 1st setpoint, which is fed to the control device, is automatically set by this configuration.
- the 1st target value is only changed slowly by averaging or integration. Because of the already described dead times until an arc is ignited, it is usually advisable to increase the output signal of the generator only very slowly. If the arc then occurs, the 1st setpoint is only slightly larger than it would be in the steady state of the control, despite the dead times. The extent of the arc is then also close to the optimum. In this case, the control speed of the 1st setpoint for a higher characteristic parameter of the generator part will be at least one order of magnitude lower than the control speed of the control device.
- the evaluation device is designed in such a way that the rate of change of the 1st setpoint in the direction, which means that the regulated characteristic parameter of the generator part is reduced, is at least one order of magnitude greater than in the case of upward regulation.
- a particular problem with a control system that keeps the extent of the arc constant is the time that elapses between generator activation and the first ignition of the arc.
- the tissue to be cut is at body temperature. Now the tissue must first be heated to the boiling point of the cell fluid and then enough cell fluid must be evaporated until the surgical probe and tissue are completely isolated from each other by a vapor layer, only then can the arc ignite. Measurements show that in this case several seconds can elapse between generator activation and the ignition of the arc, especially when the surgical probe is pressed firmly onto the tissue during generator activation.
- the 1st setpoint for the control device for controlling one of the characteristic parameters of the generator rises continuously during the entire time in which no arc has ignited.
- the characteristic parameter of the generator which is regulated by the control device to the 1st setpoint
- a lower limit which is useful for the application.
- values of at least 150 V are necessary so that an arc can ignite at all.
- the necessary control range for the control of the characteristic parameter of the generator is limited, so higher control speeds and a higher stability of the control can be achieved.
- the problem of the sometimes long time delay from generator activation to the ignition of the arc is avoided in that the evaluation device is expanded by a circuit part which detects whether an arc has ignited or not.
- this circuit part consists of a comparator which indicates whether the output signal of the display device for the extent of the arc is different from zero. If the output signal of the display device is zero, there is no arc. In this case, a fixed setpoint is passed on as the 1st setpoint for the control device. Only when the arc has ignited is the first setpoint formed from a comparison of the second setpoint with the output signal of the display device for the extent of the arc.
- the circuit will be constructed in such a way that averaging or integration circuit does not run into a limit in the time without an arc. The settling of the regulation would otherwise be slowed down unnecessarily.
- the doctor activates the generator some time before it touches the tissue with the surgical probe. This will be the case in particular if he has only a small amount of tissue to remove but has to be particularly careful. In this case, the time between generator activation and the occurrence of an arc is extended again.
- the state that the surgical probe has not yet touched the tissue can be recognized by monitoring the impedance Z occurring between the surgical probe and the tissue. Therefore, in a further advantageous embodiment, the arrangement for cutting biological tissue is supplemented by a circuit for determining the instantaneous impedance and its output signal is also fed to the evaluation device. In conjunction with the output signal of the display device for the extent of the arc, the 1st setpoint can then be adapted even better to the operation.
- the 1st setpoint for the control device is set to a preset low value as long as it is indicated by a high-impedance impedance Z that the surgical probe is not yet touching the tissue. Only when the impedance Z falls below a preset limit value is the characteristic parameter of the generator set to the larger one otherwise specified by the evaluation device.
- the display device for the load impedance does not necessarily have to pass an analog value to the evaluation device.
- the decision as to whether the surgical probe touches the tissue or not can already be made in the display device for determining the load impedance.
- the factors vi and V2 can be easily set using known methods, for example by voltage divider circuits.
- the output signal of the comparator then has only the two switching states which indicate whether the instantaneous load impedance Z of the arrangement for cutting biological tissue is greater or smaller than Zu.
- This signal can then be supplied as an output signal to the display device for the load impedance of the evaluation device. There it can serve as a 1st setpoint for the control device as a changeover signal from a predetermined low value to the variable value determined from the display device for the extent of the arc, with little or no further processing.
- the evaluation device can also be implemented in a particularly advantageous embodiment by digital switching elements.
- New HF surgical generators on the market already contain microprocessors. In this case, the overall arrangement can be adapted particularly easily to the different operational tasks. It is then sufficient to change the microprocessor program to achieve different characteristics or different limit values.
- FIG. 1 shows the basic circuit diagram of the arrangement for cutting biological tissue (1) according to claim 1 together with the most frequently used coupling of the tissue to the arrangement.
- One clamp of the arrangement is conductively connected to the surgical probe (7).
- the surgical probe is often also called an active electrode or cutting electrode.
- the second terminal is usually conductively connected to a second, large-area electrode (10), which is usually attached away from the operating site. This second electrode is often referred to as a lead electrode, neutral electrode or passive electrode.
- the biological tissue (8) to be cut is located between the surgical probe (7) and the second electrode. During the cut, a high-resistance or insulating layer (11) is formed between the surgical probe (7) and tissue (8), which is penetrated by an arc (9).
- the arrangement for cutting biological tissue according to claim 1 consists of a generator part (2) through which the RF power necessary for cutting is generated.
- a generator part (2) is required, the output power of which can be changed by an electronic signal (a). It is of no importance to the invention which of the output variables of the generator part, such as output voltage, output current, output power, open circuit voltage, primarily affects the signal a becomes. These variables are all clearly linked to one another via the generator characteristics and the impedance defined by the external wiring.
- a device for regulating at least one of the characteristic parameters of the generator is present as a further assembly.
- signal (b) represents a 1st setpoint to which the characteristic variable (K) is regulated.
- the device for regulating the characteristic variable is drawn in such a way that a variable (K) that can be detected at the output of the generator part is regulated. Instead, only a variable occurring in the generator part can be regulated as the characteristic variable (K) if it has a clear connection with the output variables of the generator part.
- the 1st setpoint (b) that occurs in the arrangement for cutting biological tissue is not a fixed value, but is set by the parts of the overall arrangement described below.
- a display device (4) is initially provided, which indicates the extent of the arc (9) burning between the surgical probe (7) and tissue (8) with an electrical signal (d).
- All circuits known to date for the detection of an arc with electrical signals can be used as display devices, in particular also all methods described in German patent specification 2504280.
- the output signal (d) of the display device (4) for the extent of the arc is fed to an evaluation device (6), which uses this and a setpoint value c given by a setpoint generator (5) to produce the 1st setpoint value (b) for the control device at least one of the characteristic sizes of the generator part forms.
- the 1st setpoint (b) changes at least one order of magnitude more slowly than the control device needs to adjust the characteristic parameter.
- the difference signal e is formed from the input signals (d), (c) of the evaluation device (6) by a difference-forming circuit (12).
- a difference-forming circuit (12) Many possibilities are known to the person skilled in the art for realizing the circuit, one of which is the circuit shown with an operational amplifier.
- the circuit (13) then forms the mean value of the difference signal (e).
- the simplest form of a linear averaging can take place, as indicated, by means of an RC low-pass filter.
- circuits with low-pass functions are also suitable for solving this task, especially active low-pass filters. With them, the addition of an offset value to the output signal, which is usually still necessary, is particularly easy to solve.
- the averaging is not limited to the linear averaging that low-pass filters form. It can be particularly advantageous to form the quadratic AVERAGE value of the difference signal. In this case, however, the circuit complexity increases considerably.
- FIG. 3 A further advantageous embodiment of the evaluation device (6) is shown schematically in FIG. 3. From the As in FIG. 2, input signals (d), (c) of the evaluation device (6) are formed by a difference-forming circuit (12). This is followed by a circuit with an integrating effect (14), as z. B. can be realized with the aid of a capacitively fed-back operational amplifier.
- the particular advantages of this circuit arrangement are that the extent of the arc is regulated to the 2nd setpoint (c) without permanent control deviation, even if the 1st setpoint (b) over time or the operating temperature of the Circuit must have variable offset value.
- FIG. 4 A further advantageous embodiment of the evaluation device (6) is shown schematically in FIG. 4.
- the difference signal e is formed from the input signals (d), (c) of the evaluation device (6) by a difference-forming circuit (12).
- This is followed by a circuit with low-pass behavior (15) and / or with an integrating effect.
- this circuit has different time constants, depending on whether the signal (d) which indicates the extent of the arc is greater or less than the second setpoint (c).
- the simplest way of realizing such different time constants is to couple the storage element of the circuit for averaging or the integration circuit to the preceding circuit using different resistances.
- the switching can be done as indicated schematically in Fig. 4 by a diode (Dl), but the same function could also be achieved via controlled switches.
- the timing diagrams in Fig. 4 are intended to function Explain circuit in more detail.
- the input signals (c) and (d) of the evaluation device (6) are initially entered in a diagram.
- the 2nd setpoint (c) which indicates the desired extent of the arc, should be constant all the time (Co). (dashed line).
- the output signal b of the evaluation device which is used for the following control device (3) represents the 1st setpoint. Because of the low-pass behavior of the averaging or integrating circuit (15), it takes a finite period of time Ti until the output signal b has reached a certain deviation B from the previously assumed value Bo.
- the circuit (15) should be designed in such a way that the time period T2 is substantially longer than the time period Ti, so T2 >> Ti applies.
- the plotted time profiles of the signals c, d and b are only intended to clarify the basic behavior of the circuit, they cannot be measured in the form shown in the circuit actually implemented when the control loop is closed.
- Each change in the signal b immediately leads to a change in the regulated characteristic parameter of the generator part and thus also to a change in the extent of the arc and to a change in the signal d.
- a constant deviation in time of the signal d by the value D is thus possible when the control loop is closed.
- the signals can be similar However, the shape can be measured if the control loop is opened at any point, as is usual for basic investigations.
- the circuit block 6a is a complete embodiment of the evaluation device 6 already described in FIGS. 1-4.
- a limiter circuit 16 which prevents the signal b from rising above a limit value Bmax.
- the circuit block 6a is a complete configuration of the evaluation device 6, which has already been described in FIGS. 1-4.
- a limiter circuit 16 is now present which includes a Rise of the signal b above an upper limit value Bmax and a decrease below a lower limit value Bm_n are prevented.
- the circuit block 6b is a complete embodiment of the evaluation device 6 already described in FIGS. 1-6.
- the output signal of the circuit part (6b) is only used as the 1st setpoint ( b) passed on to the control device if an arc is present.
- the preset value B1 is applied for the signal b by the changeover switch (19).
- the decision about switching is made by the circuit part (18), which is the simplest version a comparator which determines whether the extent of the arc indicated by signal d is other than zero.
- 8 describes a further advantageous embodiment of the invention.
- 8 again schematically shows the entire arrangement for cutting biological tissue.
- the display device (20) for the impedance Z with its output signal g appears here. which is also fed to the evaluation device (6).
- the impedance Z is the load impedance that occurs at the output terminals (AI, AI ') of the overall arrangement due to the coupling to the biological tissue.
- FIG. 9 shows a simple but particularly advantageous embodiment of the evaluation device (6), which also evaluates the value of the instantaneous impedance Z.
- Block 6c is one of the configurations of the evaluation device 6 described in FIGS. 1 to 7.
- a comparator circuit is now also available which determines whether the instantaneous impedance is greater or less than a preset value Zu. is. If Z> To, the surgical probe does not touch the tissue. In this case, the switch (22) gives a reduced value B2 as the 1st setpoint b to the control device of the characteristic parameter of the generator part.
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