US 12,171,417 B2
Surgical handpiece housing a visible light emitter and elements for transmitting the visible light emitted by the visible light emitter
Robin B. W. Babaris, Portage, MI (US); Keith Behnke, Freiburg (DE); Michael Laubenthal, Mattawan, MI (US); and Adam J. Thelen, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Appl. No. 15/734,132
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
PCT Filed May 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/034907
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/232375, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/679,356, filed on Jun. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212670 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/92 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/00 (2013.01) [A61B 90/92 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00907 (2013.01); A61B 2090/306 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autoclavable surgical handpiece comprising:
a housing having a first end and a second end;
a visible light emitter disposed within the housing;
a controller disposed within the housing and coupled to the visible light emitter, the controller being configured to determine a state of the autoclavable surgical handpiece and to control the visible light emitter to emit visible light based on the state of the autoclavable surgical handpiece; and
a potting material disposed between the visible light emitter and the first end of the housing, the potting material having a melting point above 120 degrees Celsius and being configured to thermally insulate the visible light emitter and to transmit visible light emitted by the visible light emitter therethrough.