Joseph C. McGinley,Lawson Fisher,Devjeet Mishra,Jim McCrea,Brian Bliven,Martin Leugers
申请号：
US15274475
公开号：
US20170007289A1
申请日:
2016.09.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
Sensing technology methods related thereto for determining cut through of bone and a depth of penetration of a working portion of a surgical instrument (e.g., an oscillating saw blade in a cut). A first sensor outputs a first signal representative of a displacement of the cutting edge of the saw blade in the cut. A second sensor outputs a second signal representative of a force applied to the cutting edge of the saw blade. As such, monitoring the first and/or second sensor may allow for the saw to be stopped upon completion of a cut (e.g., when the saw passes completely through a medium to be cut or upon reaching a predetermined depth for the cut).
