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<p>The electrosurgical unit (ESU) is the most common device in modern surgery for cutting and coagulation of tissues. It produces high-frequency alternating current to prevent the stimulation of muscles and nerves. The commercial ESUs are generally expensive and their output power is uncontrolled. The main objective of the proposed study is to propose an economic ESU with an additional feature of output power regulation using a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) based proportional integral derivative (PID) tuned controller. Unlike the previous studies, the proposed controller is designed in a fully closed-loop control fashion to regulate the output power of the ESU to a fixed value under the consideration of highly dynamic tissue impedance. The performance of the proposed method is tested in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. In order to validate the superiority of the proposed method, a comparative analysis with a simple (PID) controller based ESU is presented.</p>
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The electrosurgical unit (ESU) is the most common device in modern surgery for cutting and coagulation of tissues. It produces high-frequency alternating current to prevent the stimulation of muscles and nerves. The commercial ESUs are generally expensive and their output power is uncontrolled. The main objective of the proposed study is to propose an economic ESU with an additional feature of output power regulation using a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) based proportional integral derivative (PID) tuned controller. Unlike the previous studies, the proposed controller is designed in a fully closed-loop control fashion to regulate the output power of the ESU to a fixed value under the consideration of highly dynamic tissue impedance. The performance of the proposed method is tested in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. In order to validate the superiority of the proposed method, a comparative analysis with a simple (PID) controller based ESU is presented.

PID fuzzy control applied to an electrosurgical unit for power regulation

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Department of Medical Instrumentation Techniques Engineering

Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance

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The electrosurgical unit (ESU) is the most common device in modern surgery for cutting and coagulation of tissues. It produces high-frequency alternating...

PID fuzzy control applied to an electrosurgical unit for power regulation

Pubblicato online: 24 ott 2020

Pagine: 72 - 80

Ricevuto: 28 lug 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joeb-2020-0011

Parole chiave
Electrosurgical unit, tissue burning, tissue impedance, boost converter, high-frequency inverter

© 2020 Ali Mohammed Ridha et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

PID fuzzy control applied to an electrosurgical unit for power regulation

Pubblicato online: 24 ott 2020

Pagine: 72 - 80

Ricevuto: 28 lug 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joeb-2020-0011

Parole chiaveElectrosurgical unit, tissue burning, tissue impedance, boost converter, high-frequency inverter

© 2020 Ali Mohammed Ridha et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
Electrosurgical unit, tissue burning, tissue impedance, boost converter, high-frequency inverter