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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.:

US 10111646 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2015

Surgical instrument to assess tissue characteristics

Applicant:

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey H. Nycz, Collierville, TN (US);

Fred J. Molz, IV, Collierville, TN (US);

Steven Tethrake, Collierville, TN (US);

Stanley Warren Olson, Jr., Germantown, TN (US);

William T. Donofrio, Andover, MN (US);

Assignee:

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Katherine Fernandez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0875 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 17/1703 (2013.01); A61B 17/8805 (2013.01); A61B 5/4504 (2013.01); A61B 5/4509 (2013.01); A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 17/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

A surgical instrument for assessing tissue characteristics such as tissue density and volume is disclosed. The surgical instrument is hand-held and includes transducers adapted for emitting and/or receiving acoustic signals. The surgical instrument utilizes pulse-echo to determine tissue characteristics. The surgical instrument may be utilized to determine such things as the size of a lesion and whether the lesion has been completely removed or filled with graft material.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Nycz, Jeffrey. (2018). Surgical instrument to assess tissue characteristics (U.S. Patent No. 10111646). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10111646

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