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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2019
Synthes Gmbh, Oberdorf, CH;
Abstract
A surgical instrument (), in particular a surgical cutting or drilling instrument, the surgical instrument () comprising: a drive unit; a cutting tool or drill bit () engageable with the drive unit; a measuring device () which is configured to measure the distance [x(t)] covered by the cutting tool or drill bit () along a cutting or drilling path with respect to time and relative to a reference position; a processing un and a digital data storage, wherein in the digital data storage reference data are stored which include at least N one data set specifying a reference graph Gwithin a time window () in the range of a transition and defining a reference point of a transition (′), wherein the time window () includes a first time period before the reference point of a transition (′) and a second time period after the reference point of a transition (′) and wherein the processing unit () suitably programmed to compare the recorded graph G with the at least one reference graph Gand to find 1 lion of a transition () in the recorded graph G.