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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Brady L. Woolford, Mapleton, UT (US);
Inventor:
Brady L. Woolford, Mapleton, UT (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/48 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/317 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/0058 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61M 5/484 (2013.01); A61B 1/317 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pump and pump controller which uses an algorithm to quickly achieve and maintain a set pressure in a surgical site when high resistance hardware is being used is provided. The algorithm uses a gravity control type loop and uses pressure loss calculations to quickly respond to changing joint conditions. A method of using such a pump and pump controller is also provided.