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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00708 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00726 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00767 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2074 (2016.02);
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.


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