A Steerable Drill for Minimally-invasive Surgery

Case ID:

C14405

Disclosure Date:

10/7/2016

In conventional core decompression of osteonecrosis, surgeons cannot successfully reach the whole area of the femoral head due to the rigidity of the instruments currently used. To address this issue, this invention is a steerable drill using a continuum dexterous manipulator (CDM) and flexible cutting tool passing through the lumen of the CDM. Effective curved-drilling parameters, as well as drilling trajectory. Moreover, the invention can perform S-shape drilling as well as multiple-branch drilling.

Patent Information:

Title	App Type	Country	Serial No.	Patent No.	File Date	Issued Date	Expire Date	Patent Status
A Steerable Drill for Minimally-invasive Surgery	PCT: Patent Cooperation Treaty	United States	16/490,751	11,793,526	9/3/2019	10/24/2023	9/8/2038	Granted

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Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Surgical, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices,

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