US 12,137,960 B2
Surgical system with adaptive aspiration flow control
Robert Fugerer, Lutz, FL (US); Edwin Floyd, Naples, FL (US); and Kenneth Adams, Naples, FL (US)
Assigned to Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,054.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378491 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 18/12 (2013.01) [A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61M 1/74 (2021.05); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00744 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00863 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adaptive flow rate control system for a surgical device, comprising:
at least one nonintrusive sensor configured to be positioned on an aspiration conduit extending downstream from a handheld surgical device;
wherein the at least one nonintrusive sensor provides data to at least one controller of the adaptive flow rate control system thereby enabling the at least one controller to control operation of at least one component of the adaptive flow rate control system based, at least in part, on the data provided by the at least one nonintrusive sensor; and
a clog prediction module configured to predict a future location of a clog based at least in part on data from the at least one nonintrusive sensor.