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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2021
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/32007 (2017.08); A61B 2017/320084 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling vibrations of a tip of an ultrasonic instrument. A maximum ultrasonic energy level for the ultrasonic instrument is determined, and a minimum ultrasonic energy level for the ultrasonic instrument is determined based on the maximum ultrasonic energy level. An AC drive signal is then sourced to the ultrasonic instrument that induces ultrasonic energy in the tip of the ultrasonic instrument including several ultrasonic energy pulses. The ultrasonic energy pulses peak at the determined maximum ultrasonic energy level and are interspaced by significant periods at the determined minimum ultrasonic energy level.