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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Quartus Engineering Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Wayne Anderson, Malibu, CA (US);

John J. Perry, Malibu, CA (US);

Michael M. Karch, Malibu, CA (US);

Anthony D. Truscott, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Edward J. Dohring, Malibu, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUARTUS ENGINEERING, INC., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); G01L 3/14 (2006.01); G01L 3/08 (2006.01); G01L 3/10 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1622 (2013.01); A61B 17/1624 (2013.01); A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 17/1633 (2013.01); A61B 17/17 (2013.01); G01L 3/08 (2013.01); G01L 3/10 (2013.01); G01L 3/1478 (2013.01); A61B 2090/066 (2016.02);
Abstract

A system including an instrument having a working tool configured to penetrate a tissue; a sensor configured to generate in real-time one or more torque signals related to torque of the working tool; a controller in operative communication with the sensor and configured to receive the one or more torque signals. The controller processes the torque signals into one or more processed signals representative of torque, energy, power or a combination thereof. The system also includes a display providing to the user in real-time the one or more processed signals. Related devices, systems, methods, and articles are provided.


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