US 12,245,772 B2
System and method to control operation of a drill
Brad Jacobsen, Erie, CO (US); Milton F. Barnes, Grand Prairie, TX (US); Rowena Vigh, Superior, CO (US); and Steven Hartmann, Superior, CO (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US)
Filed by Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/556,299.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/129,921, filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192683 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 17/1626 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1624 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system to control operation of a drill, comprising:
a sensor configured to sense at least one operation of a motor of the drill and transmit a sensor signal based thereon;
a processor module configured to receive the sensor signal and execute instructions to operate the drill and alter an operation parameter of the drill based at least on the sensor signal;
wherein the sensor signal includes at least a first signal and a second signal;
wherein the operation of the drill includes at least a full rotation of the drill about a drill axis of rotation when the first signal is received and an oscillation of the drill about the drill axis of rotation where the drill will rotate a selected amount in a first direction about the drill axis of rotation and then rotate a selected amount in a second opposite direction about the drill axis of rotation when the second signal is received.