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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2022
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Brad Jacobsen, Erie, CO (US);
Amy Bradley, Westford, MA (US);
Xiaoming Cheng, Keller, TX (US);
Yeung Chow, Longmont, CO (US);
Anjali Dhiman, Commerce City, CO (US);
Yahia Laouar, Superior, CO (US);
Prakash Manley, Arvada, CO (US);
Martin Masson, Keller, TX (US);
Molly Ann Megna, Denver, CO (US);
Katherine M. Puckett, Denver, CO (US);
Wade Schutte, Denver, CO (US);
Mohammad Miri, Longmont, CO (US);
Juan P. Angulo, Louisville, CO (US);
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);
Abstract
A system for altering an energizable instrument for performing a procedure on the subject. The instrument may be tracked during a procedure and a controller may alter operation thereof during the selected procedure. The energizable instrument may have energy provided to a working end to heat a working end to a selected temperature for various procedures such as cutting, coagulation, vaporization, or the like.