Visual basic for biomedical applications: tissue impedance and power delivery in an ESU system.
The typical ESU found in most hospitals utilizes a microprocessor. This microprocessor supervises many tasks these include: time keeping, dosage monitoring, and display control. It must also perform complex tissue impedance measurement in real time as well as establishing a communication protocol to and from test hardware. This article will describe a means of displaying this information.
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Valleylab, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
D003626:Data Display; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004598:Electrosurgery; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D012984:Software; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted