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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
Louis M. Shadeck, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Vikram Mullick, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Manfred Luedi, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Louis M. Shadeck, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Vikram Mullick, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Manfred Luedi, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument is provided for cutting bone and other tissue. The instrument includes a housing. A plurality of sensors is located in the housing in a spaced apart orientation from each other. A collar is moveably mounted to the housing into a plurality of different collar orientations on the housing. A lever comprising an actuator is moveably coupled to the collar and, with the collar located in any one of the plurality of different collar orientations, the lever is operable to move the actuator relative to one of the plurality of sensors in order to vary a signal produced by that sensor.