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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2018
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
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);
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
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.