US 12,403,002 B2
Hybrid power delivery for surgical implants
Austin Xavier Rodeheaver, Arlington, TX (US); Todd Taber, Keller, TX (US); Roderick Van Den Bergh, Cambridge (GB); Marshall Keith Proulx, Keller, TX (US); Grant Corthorn, Cambridge (GB); Christopher Hemmingway, Cambridge (GB); Martin Orrell, Cambridge (GB); Catherine Wyman, Cambridge (GB); and Trevor Penhallurick, Cambridge (GB)
Filed by Alcon Inc., Fribourg (CH)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/645,372.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/129,026, filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192819 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/167 (2013.01) [A61F 2/1675 (2013.01); A61F 2/1678 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0093 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0003 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0069 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for operating an implant delivery device, the apparatus comprising:
a motor;
a drive shaft coupled to the motor and configured to be coupled to the implant delivery device, the drive shaft having a first delivery range and a second delivery range;
a primary cell having a first energy density and a first power density;
a secondary cell having a second energy density and a second power density; and
a controller coupled to the motor, the primary cell, and the secondary cell; the controller configured to:
receive a signal indicative of a position of the drive shaft; and
based on the signal indicating the position is in the second delivery range, perform at least both of:
(i) disconnecting the primary cell from the motor, and
(ii) coupling the secondary cell to the motor.