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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2023
Depuy Ireland Unlimited Company, Ringaskiddy, IE;
Nicolas Demanget, Boston, MA (US);
Daniel Girardeau-Montaut, Grenoble, FR;
DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY, County Cork, IE;
Abstract
A geofencing system for a surgical handpiece with a cutting surface, including: a motion tracking system configured to track a location of the surgical handpiece; and an event detector configured to: receive a current measurement signal indicating a current usage of the surgical handpiece; receive motion information regarding the surgical handpiece from the motion tracking system; determine if the cutting surface has exited a second surface of a bone opposite a first surface where the cutting surface entered the bone based upon the current measurement signal and the motion information; and stop the surgical handpiece when it is determined that the cutting surface has exited the second surface of the bone.