Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical probe with an integrated motion sensor
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Application No.: US15681878Application Date: 2017-08-21
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Publication No.: US10376328B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Steven T. Charles , Tammo Heeren
- Applicant: Novartis AG
- Applicant Address: CH Basel
- Assignee: Novartis AG
- Current Assignee: Novartis AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Basel
- Main IPC: A61B3/10
- IPC: A61B3/10 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B34/20 ; A61F9/007 ; A61F9/008 ; A61F9/009

Abstract:
A surgical probe system comprising a surgical probe having an instrument tip, and at least one motion sensor located within the surgical probe that measures movement and orientation data. The system further includes a processor that is configured to determine movement and orientation of the instrument tip based on the movement and orientation data, and adjust at least one surgical parameter of the surgical probe based on the movement and orientation of the instrument tip to affect a predetermined surgical outcome.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180055592A1 SURGICAL PROBE WITH AN INTEGRATED MOTION SENSOR Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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