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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2019
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, for Itself and on Behalf of Dartmouth-hitchcock Clinic, Lebanon, NH (US);
The Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Sohail K. Mirza, Fairfax, VA (US);
Keith D. Paulsen, Lebanon, NH (US);
Ryan J. Halter, Orford, NH (US);
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, for itself and on behalf of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic and, Lebanon, NH (US);
The Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Abstract
A system and method for creating a cavity with a drill assembly provides a powered drill shaft assembly having an articulating tip and a position sensor along the drill shaft; a drill motor assembly with a rotational motor, linear actuator, torque sensor, rotation sensor, electrical resistance sensor and a controller unit having a plurality of programs providing user interface and controlling the operation of the powered drill arrangement; a shroud for the drill shaft with a water port; and a computer software package that combines user specifications with sensor data to control activation and displacement of the drill with a user interface, controls the motor for rotational speed and drilling depth, and gives sensor status, and a display displaying status of a drilling procedure and an image from an imaging device, and that is programmable for a set of parameters for a drilling procedure.