Disclosed are an ablation operation prompting method, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: acquiring an image of an ablation site and displaying the image on a screen when an ablation task is triggered; acquiring position data of a currently-being-ablated target ablation point, marking the target ablation point in the image according to the position data; acquiring the elapsed ablation time and the temperature of the target ablation point in real time, and determining the ablation status of the target ablation point according to the elapsed ablation time and the temperature; and generating a schematic real-time dynamic change diagram of the target ablation point according to the ablation status, and displaying the schematic diagram on the screen, to indicate the real-time ablation status change of the target ablation point.

A system and method of use thereof are disclosed, the system including a treatment source, such as an electrosurgical generator and a plurality of treatment devices operable to be coupled to the treatment source, one or more of the treatment devices being associated with one or more device identifiers which can be, for example, physically present on the device or contained in device software.

Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems of operating a laser atherectomy system to perform an endoscopic atherectomy procedure within a vessel at a therapeutic region of an anatomical condition by use of an atherectomy laser device coupled to an ultrasound imaging probe. The atherectomy laser device operates to generate photoacoustic signals from a light source of the atherectomy laser device to for guidance within the vessel and to characterize tissue about the therapeutic region by delivery of pulsed wavelengths within the vessel, and to perform operations of tissue ablation directed to the anatomical condition. This enables guidance of the atherectomy laser device by feedback from the viewing of photoacoustic images based on photoacoustic signals generated the atherectomy laser device and created in response to changes in acoustic intensity due to changes of optical wavelength monitored by the ultrasound imaging probe.

Ablation visualization and monitoring systems and methods are provided. In some embodiments, such methods comprise applying ablation energy to a tissue to form a lesion in the tissue, illuminating the tissue with a light to excite NADH in the tissue, wherein the tissue is illuminated in a radial direction, an axial direction, or both, monitoring a level of NADH fluorescence in the illuminated tissue to determine when the level of NADH fluorescence decreases from a base level in the beginning of the ablating to a predetermined lower level, and stopping ablation of the tissue when the level of NADH fluorescence reaches the predetermined lower level.

A system for forming a fistula includes a first catheter, a second catheter, one or more magnetic field sensors, a user output device, and a control unit. The first catheter includes one or more first catheter magnetic elements and a fistula-forming element. The second catheter includes one or more second catheter magnetic elements. The one or more magnetic field sensors are configured to output a magnetic field signal. The control unit is configured to determine a distance of separation of the first catheter from the second catheter based the magnetic field signal from the one or more magnetic field sensors and output a ready signal with the user output device in response to determining that the distance of separation of the first catheter from the second catheter is a predetermined distance or less.

A system for performing a microwave ablation procedure includes an ablation probe, a tracking system for tracking a position and orientation of the ablation probe, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive the position and orientation data of the ablation probe from the tracking system, display a graphical representation of the ablation probe on a display based on the received position and orientation data of the ablation probe, filter axial shift data from the position and orientation data of the ablation probe corresponding to axial movement of the ablation probe along a trajectory axis, and generate an alert based on the filtered axial shift data.

A monitoring unit which is configured to monitor a patient during an operation of a high-frequency surgery device, wherein the high-frequency surgery device is configured to separate and/or coagulate biological tissue by means of high-frequency electrical energy, wherein the monitoring unit has: measuring electrodes which are disposed in a periphery of the patient, and an evaluation and control unit which is configured to impress a predetermined measuring alternating voltage or a predetermined measuring alternating current on the measuring electrodes, and to monitor an impedance decreasing between the measuring electrodes and to monitor a time curve of the impedance and/or to monitor a temporal change thereof

An ophthalmological device for processing a curved treatment face in eye tissue comprises a scanner system with a plurality of scan axes configured to move the focal spot to target locations in the eye tissue. A circuit is configured control the scanner system to move the focal spot to target locations along a processing path, defined by treatment control data, to process the curved treatment face in the eye tissue. The circuit is further configured to perform a feasibility check, using the treatment control data and scan capabilities of the scanner system, defined by scan performance characteristics of each particular scan axis. In case the feasibility check indicates that moving the focal spot along the processing path exceeds the scan capabilities of the scanner system, the circuit adjusts the treatment control data.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a grounding cuff having a flexible body and an inflatable bladder disposed within the flexible body. The inflatable body is configurable to an inflated state and a deflated state. In the inflated stated, the inflatable bladder applies pressure to the grounding cuff to provide and maintain improved contact between the ground cuff and skin of a patient. Additionally, the inflatable bladder includes an inlet configured to receive a fluid from a hose, the inflatable bladder configured to the inflated state based on the fluid received via the hose. The grounding cuff may include a grounding pad coupled to a ground terminal to extract energy from the patient during a medical therapy, such as ablation therapy. The inflatable bladder may be configured to the inflated state to promote strong contact between the grounding pad and skin of the patient.

A surgical instrument connectable to a surgical energy module that is configured to provide a first drive signal at a first frequency range for driving a first energy modality and a second drive signal at a second frequency range for driving a second energy modality is provided. The surgical instrument can comprise a surgical instrument component configured to receive power from a direct current (DC) power source, an end effector, and a circuit. The circuit can be configured to convert the first electrical signal to a DC voltage, apply the DC voltage to the surgical instrument component, and deliver the second energy modality to the end effector according to the second drive signal. Alternatively, the circuit can be disposed within a cable assembly configured to connect the surgical instrument to the surgical energy module.