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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/56 (2013.01); A61B 17/1615 (2013.01); A61B 17/1626 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/320758 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical apparatus and method according to which a cable 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.