Beating heart controller and simulator

US11062626B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AtriCure, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jonathon McHale · Cincinnati, US
• Frank M. Fago · Mason, US
• Matthew Monti · Cincinnati, US
• Robert M. Trusty · Cincinnati, US
• John Wesley · Mason, US
• Jeffrey P. Sites · Plymouth, US
• Eric Norman · Acworth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 13, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B23/303
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems, devices and methods for a surgical training tool that drives movement of an organ In order to reproduce a movement of that organ to mimic the conditions of a live surgical procedure.