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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Timothy J. Pommer, St. Paul, MN (US);
David W. Polly, Jr., Edina, MN (US);
David J. Nuckley, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Evan M. Gustafson, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Charles Gerald Tan Ledonio, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Arthur G. Erdman, New Brighton, MN (US);
Timothy J. Pommer, St. Paul, MN (US);
David W. Polly, Jr., Edina, MN (US);
David J. Nuckley, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Evan M. Gustafson, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Charles Gerald Tan Ledonio, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Arthur G. Erdman, New Brighton, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A spinal probe comprises a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle and a force sensor to detect forces applied to a tip of the shaft. A controller that executes a predictive algorithm to predict whether or not the tip of the shaft is going to breach a cortex of a pedicle based on the detected forces. The controller may be embedded within the spinal probe or external within a computer or other device coupled to the probe by a data acquisition component.