MEDICAL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD

Abstract: a medical device includes: an end effector configured to apply treatment energy for treating a living tissue according to supplied power; a drive source configured to supply the power to the end effector; and a processor configured to classify, in a first time period after a supply of the power to the end effector is started, the living tissue into any one of a plurality of tissue types based on a first parameter detected in the first time period, control an operation of the drive source after the first time period based on the classified tissue type, reclassify the classified living tissue into any one of the plurality of tissue types based on a second parameter detected after the first time period, and control an operation of the drive source based on the tissue type into which the classified living tissue is reclassified.

Inventor(s): Danilo LEGASPI, Tsuyoshi HAYASHIDA, Satoshi HONDA, Norihiko HAREYAMA

CPC Classification: A61B18/1206 (by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current)

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