US 12,256,910 B2
System and apparatus for enhancing the ergonomics of a surgical foot pedal
Jourdan Colter, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Brennen Wears, Mission Viejo, CA (US); and Stephen Christopher, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,189.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/037,948, filed on Jun. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386412 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/00 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00973 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heel shifting device, comprising:
a heel cup insert configured to fit near the proximal end of a foot pedal suitable for receiving the heel of a user, wherein the heel cup insert is attached to the foot pedal by a magnetic force.