Publications
Journal Articles:
under review and in preparation
Invited Symposium Talks:
AK Ward, Capacitive Coupling in Laparoscopic Electrodes: Understanding and Measurement. Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation 2008 Conference, San Jose, CA
AK Ward, Advancements in Energy Based Surgical Solutions: Performance, Control, Service, and Communications”. Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation 2007 Conference, Boston, MA
Conference Proceedings:
Material Removal Mechanisms for Monopolar Electrosurgery
AK Ward, CM Ladtkow, GJ Collins
29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, July 2007
Abstracts and Poster Presentations:
Using Color Schlieren Imaging to Compare and Contrast Active Heating Zones for RF and Microwave Ablation
AK Ward, Z Yu, GJ Collins
10th International Conference on Hyperthermic Oncology, Munich Germany
Transition State Theory Tissue Damage Prediction: Alternatives to Arrhenius
AK Ward, GJ Collins
2007 Joint Meeting of the Society for Thermal Medicine and the World Conference on Interventional Oncology, Washington D.C.
Patents
Ward, Ladtow, “Apparatus, System and Method for Monitoring Tissue During an Electrosurgical Procedure” (US Application #20100094271)
Ward, “Electrosurgical System Having a Sensor for Monitoring Smoke or Aerosols” (US Application #20100036374)
Collins, Moore, & Ward, “Real-time arc control in electrosurgical generators” (US Application #20090082765)
Ward, “Electrosurgical Return Electrode with an Involuted Edge” (US Application #20080009846)
Other Assorted Media
Highlighted user story for the multiphysics FEA software we use: Simulating Energy-Tissue Interactions for Improved Patient Outcomes
Community newspaper article from my hometown: KW Grad on Cutting Edge
