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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Llc, Raynham, MA (US);
Inventor:
Stephen F. Wilson, North Easton, MA (US);
Assignee:
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/00 (2006.01); F16K 31/08 (2006.01); F16K 35/16 (2006.01); F16K 37/00 (2006.01); F16K 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 27/006 (2013.01); F16K 15/046 (2013.01); F16K 31/088 (2013.01); F16K 35/16 (2013.01); F16K 37/0058 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and toolset capable of remotely moving a rotor of an implanted device in a first arcuate direction and detecting a first limit of travel, moving the rotor in a second, opposite direction and detecting a second limit of travel without altering the current performance setting of the implanted device, comparing the first and second limits of travel with known values for a plurality of selectable performance settings, and indicating the current performance setting of the implanted device.