Patent ID: 11871975
Assignee: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for installing a fixator in a biological tissue, the method comprising:
a) loading a fixator to a surgical tool system,
b) operating the surgical tool system to start installing the fixator in the biological tissue,
c) receiving measurements from a first, second, and third sensors and calculating values of one or more torque parameters and one or more energy-rotation parameters,
wherein said one or more torque parameters and one or more energy-rotation parameters comprise mean torque, mean rotational velocity, mean power, and total energy, based on the measurements,
d) generating values of Property I, wherein each Property I value is a sum of weighted values of the one or more torque parameters and one or more energy-rotation parameters,
e) generating a signal reflecting whether the Property I values fall outside one or more optimal ranges of Property I, and
f) adjusting the operation of the tool such that values of Property I are within the one or more optimal ranges, if the values are outside the optimal ranges, and
g) repeating steps c)-f) until the installation is complete.