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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2015
Applicant:

Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth W. Krause, Sandown, NH (US);

Kenneth R. Woodland, Wilmington, MA (US);

Michael S. Garcia, Chelmsford, MA (US);

Michael A. Brodsky, Hillsboro, NH (US);

Uday Hegde, Acton, MA (US);

Melanie Meier, Windham, NH (US);

Elangovan Ramanathan, Saco, ME (US);

Assignee:

Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 18/1233 (2013.01); A61B 17/320783 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0019 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00137 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00977 (2013.01); A61B 2090/031 (2016.02);
Abstract

A system for treating tissue includes a device including a first member and a second member arranged to move relative to the first member to treat tissue. The system also includes a processor configured to automatically control movement of the second member relative to the first member using position control methodology. A method of treating tissue includes providing a device having a first member and a second member arranged to move relative to the first member, moving the second member relative to the first member, and automatically controlling the movement of the second member using position control methodology.


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