System and method for integrated surgical guide-hub and drill with guided drilling and plunge protection
US12383285B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 2023 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23B2260/0482
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of using a medical tool comprising a cranial access drill includes placing a guide-hub against a cranial drilling surface, guiding a drill bit into the guide-hub along an axial direction of the guide-hub, drilling the cranial drilling surface in the axial direction with the drill bit using a motor, detecting, using a controller, an electrical parametric change at the drill bit that corresponds to puncturing the cranial drilling surface, and deactivating, using the controller, the motor in response to detecting the electrical parametric change.
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