Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powered surgical drill having transducer assembly including at least two rotation sensor devices for use in determining bore depth of a drilled hole
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Application No.: US17052177Application Date: 2019-05-01
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Publication No.: US11540841B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Steven Carusillo
- Applicant: Stryker Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Assignee: Stryker Corporation
- Current Assignee: Stryker Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Kalamazoo
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2019/030180 WO 20190501
- International Announcement: WO2019/213241 WO 20191107
- Main IPC: A61B17/16
- IPC: A61B17/16 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A surgical drill for drilling a hole in a workpiece includes a housing, a probe moveably mounted to the housing, and a transducer assembly. The transducer assembly includes a gear coupled to the probe and at least two rotational sensor devices coupled to the gear to determine an amount of movement of a probe relative to a housing to determine a bore depth of the hole. The gear has a reference point having an angular path of rotation about a gear axis subdivided into separate first and second arcuate regions. A first sensor device is configured to detect a rotational position of the reference point in the first arcuate region, and a second sensor device is configured to detect a rotational position of the reference point in at least the second arcuate region, with the first sensor device incapable of detecting the reference point in the second arcuate region.
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