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Modular tool with signal feedback

US8834465B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Immersion, LLC · US

Inventors

Christophe Ramstein · San Francisco, US
Christopher J. Ullrich · Ventura, US
Anne DeGheest · Los Altos Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 15, 2008
Grant date	Sep 16, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 17, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2562/225
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Implementations of modular tools and methods of operating modular tools are described in the present disclosure. A modular tool according to one of several possible embodiments comprises a handle portion and a distal portion. The handle portion is configured to be manipulated by a user. The distal portion is configured to be attached to the handle portion, but is further configured to be removable from the handle portion by the user. Manipulation of the handle portion causes movement of one or more components of the distal portion. The distal portion is further configured to sense one or more parameters and transmit the sensed parameters to the handle portion.

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