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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2004
Applicants:
Cameron Mcpherson, Frisco, TX (US);
Rex W. Shores, Norfolk, MA (US);
Mitchell Sherry, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Cameron McPherson, Frisco, TX (US);
Rex W. Shores, Norfolk, MA (US);
Mitchell Sherry, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/416 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical apparatus and method according to which an assembly is connected to a handpiece and includes a sensing element and a member adapted to move relative to the sensing element to control the operation of a motor in the handpiece.