Medical tool with electromechanical control and feedback

US9220483B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Actuated Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul L. Frankhouser · Miami Beach, US
• Maureen L. Mulvihill · Bellefonte, US
• Roger B. Bagwell · Bellefonte, US
• Ryan S. Clement · State College, US
• Gabriela Hernandez Mesa · State College, US
• Ryan M. Sheehan · Altoona, US
• Brian M. Park · Bellefonte, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 29, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/332
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical device for reducing the force necessary to penetrate living being tissue using a variety of reciprocating motion actuators. The reciprocating actuator drives a penetrating member, such as a needle, through the tissue at a reduced force while the device detects the passage of the penetrating member through the tissue. Upon passage of the penetrating member through the tissue, a feedback system monitors electromechanical properties of a control signal of the device and automatically modifies control based thereon, e.g., electrical power to the reciprocating actuator is automatically terminated.