Patent ID: 11969360
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical instrument system for an orthopaedic surgical procedure, the system comprising:
a sensor adapter including:
a housing having a first surface;
a force sensor positioned within the housing; and
a sensor contact extending from the first surface of the housing, wherein the sensor contact is configured to transfer force exerted on the sensor contact to the force sensor; and

a plurality of surgical instruments, wherein each of the plurality of surgical instruments includes:
a sensor connector configured to receive the sensor adapter at a predetermined location relative to the surgical instrument, the sensor connector comprising an inner wall extending inwardly from an outer wall of the surgical instrument to define a passageway in the outer wall that is sized to receive the housing of the sensor adaptor; and
a registering feature configured to engage an anatomical feature of a patient or another surgical instrument of the plurality of surgical instruments, wherein the registering feature has a predetermined location relative to the sensor connector;
wherein, when the housing of the sensor adaptor is received in the passageway of a first surgical instrument of the plurality of surgical instruments, (i) the inner wall of the first surgical instrument is configured to confront the first surface of the sensor adaptor and (ii) the inner wall of the first surgical instrument is configured to engage the sensor contact.