Data processing: structural design – modeling – simulation – and em – Simulating nonelectrical device or system – Biological or biochemical
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-21
2008-12-16
Thangavelu, Kandasamy (Department: 2123)
Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and em
Simulating nonelectrical device or system
Biological or biochemical
C606S039000, C606S032000, C606S034000, C606S049000, C600S420000, C600S458000, C600S374000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07467075
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for performing a simulation of an electrosurgical procedure are disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating a three-dimensional medium, which includes one or more material regions representing a physical object. The method also includes the steps of dividing the medium into multiple hexahedron elements to generate a three-dimensional conformal mesh and assigning each element to the material region. The method further includes the steps of calculating an electrical energy solution and a thermal transport solution and generating graphical representations illustrating one or more aspects of the electrical energy and the thermal transport solutions.
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