Systems and methods for identification, mode-setting, and/or tracking of surgical instruments
AssigneeMedtronic Xomed, Inc.
InventorsManfred K. Luedi, Christopher L. Fair, Stacey S. Dexter, Vikram A. Garadi
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Abstract
A surgical system includes a surgical handpiece having a handle housing, a connector extending from the handle housing and adapted to connect the surgical handpiece to a console, a tool releasably coupled with the handle housing, and orientation sensor disposed within the handle housing. The orientation sensor is configured to facilitate determination of an orientation of the surgical handpiece from between at least a use orientation and a change orientation. The surgical system may further include a console wherein a processor of the console determines the orientation.
Claims20
A surgical system, comprising:
- a surgical handpiece, including:
- a handle housing;
- a connector extending from the handle housing, the connector adapted to connect the surgical handpiece to a console;
- a tool releasably coupled with the handle housing;
- and
- an orientation sensor disposed within the handle housing, the orientation sensor configured to facilitate determination of an orientation of the surgical handpiece from between at least a use orientation and a change orientation.
A surgical system, comprising:
- a console;
- and
- a plurality of surgical handpieces connected to the console, each surgical handpiece including:
- a handle housing;
- a connector extending from the handle housing, the connector connecting the surgical handpiece to the console;
- a tool releasably coupled with the handle housing;
- and
- an orientation sensor disposed within the handle housing,
- wherein the console includes a processor configured to receive orientation sensor data from the orientation sensor of each surgical handpiece of the plurality of surgical handpieces and to determine at least one active surgical handpiece of the plurality of surgical handpieces and at least one inactive surgical handpiece of the plurality of surgical handpieces based on the orientation sensor data.
A surgical system, comprising:
- a console;
- and
- a surgical handpiece connected to the console, the surgical handpiece including:
- a handle housing;
- a connector extending from the handle housing, the connector connecting the surgical handpiece to the console;
- a tool releasably coupled with the handle housing;
- and
- an orientation sensor disposed within the handle housing,
- wherein the console includes a processor configured to receive orientation sensor data from the orientation sensor of the surgical handpiece and to determine a trajectory of motion of the surgical handpiece based thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.