US 7,507,231 B2
Surgical power console with locking speed control
Reinhold Schmieding, Naples, Fla. (US); and Randall L. Hacker, Naples, Fla. (US)
Assigned to Arthrex, Inc., Naples, Fla. (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/19,200.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/531626, filed on Dec. 23, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0149004 A1, Jul. 07, 2005
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 606—1  [606/79; 606/80; 606/82; 606/84] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a surgical handpiece using a power console operating under processor-based control, the method comprising:
arming a cruise control function of the power console for controlling the surgical handpiece;
providing a lock-in period during which the cruise control function remains armed;
sensing an input from an initial actuator;
determining if the input from the initial actuator remains steady for a period of time; and
locking on the cruise control function, for at least a lockout period, based on the determination, wherein during the lockout period the cruise control function cannot be disarmed.