Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1992-09-30
1995-04-11
Trans, Vincent N.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
364483, 73579, 604 22, 606 34, 606 38, G01H 1108, A61B 1739
Patent
active
054065038
ABSTRACT:
An electronic control system for determining the resonant frequency of and driving ultrasonic transducers in a phacoemulsification probe used for ophthalmic surgery. The control system includes a voltage control led oscillator, power amplifier, power monitor, and automatic gain control circuit operating under the direction of command signals received from a microprocessor-based control console. The control system operates in a constant apparent power, direct drive mode with closed loop feedback maintaining the electrical power provided to the primary of a RLC transformer at the constant level requested by the command signals from the console. The frequency of the drive signal is held at the dominant resonant frequency of the ultrasonic transducer which is being driven by the control system. This resonant frequency is determined via a calibration procedure performed when the probe is first attached to the control system. During this procedure a constant voltage drive signal is swept through a range of frequencies and the electrical power consumed by the transducer is measured and stored at selected intervals such as 100 Hertz increments. The resonant frequency is also determined in part by looking for the frequency at which maximum power is consumed by the probe. The stored data is also subjected to other tests to check that the peak is indeed a resonant frequency and that the probe has selected output power characteristics about this resonant frequency, thus helping to ensure that the probe is capable of operating satisfactorily when driven by the control system.
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Kepley Kevin P.
Painter John A.
Williams, Jr. Daniel L.
American Cyanamid Company
Denninger Douglas E.
Trans Vincent N.
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