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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
Philip J. Brown, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Andrea Morgan Rich, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Aaron Ross Van Gorkom, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Assignee:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0462 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0475 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are surgical tool systems and methods of using such to install a fixator in a biological tissue. The systems are capable of accurately measuring torque and rotational velocity and providing real time feedback to a user during surgery.