Medical electric drill

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8926614-B2
Application number	US-201213437943-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2012
Priority date	Jun 3, 2011
Publication date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015

Abstract

A medical electric drill includes a drilling head, a microprocessor, a pressure sensor unit, a torque sensor unit and a gravity sensor unit. The drilling head is for drilling a bone. The microprocessor is signally connected to the drilling head for calculating a displacement of the drill. The pressure sensor unit is for detecting a pressure change and provides a pressure change signal to the microprocessor. The torque sensor unit is for detecting a torque change and provides a torque change signal to the microprocessor. The gravity sensor unit is for detecting an acceleration variation of the drilling head and provides an acceleration voltage signal to the microprocessor. The microprocessor determines a work period of drilling the bone according to the pressure change signal and the torque change signal, and then the microprocessor calculates the displacement of the drilling head by using the acceleration voltage signal during the work period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medical electric drill, comprising:
a drilling head for drilling a bone;
a microprocessor which is connected to the drilling head for calculating a displacement of the drilling head;
a pressure sensor unit for detecting a pressure change of the drilling head and providing a pressure change signal to the microprocessor;
a torque sensor unit for detecting a torque change of the drilling head and providing a torque change signal to the microprocessor; and
a gravity sensor unit for detecting an acceleration variation of the drilling head and providing an acceleration voltage signal to the microprocessor;
wherein the microprocessor determines a work period of drilling the bone according to the pressure change signal provided by the pressure sensor unit and the torque change signal provided by the torque sensor unit, and then the microprocessor calculates the displacement of the drilling head by using the acceleration voltage signal during the work period;
wherein the work period is a duration between a start time and an end time of the drilling head drilling the bone.

2. The medical electric drill of claim 1 , further comprising:
a breaker for stopping the drilling head from being rotated when the pressure change of the drilling head detected by the pressure sensor unit reaches a predetermined pressure value.

3. The medical electric drill of claim 2 , further comprising:
an alert unit issuing an alert signal when the breaker is activated.

4. The medical electric drill of claim 1 , further comprising:
a breaker for stopping the drilling head from being rotated when the torque change of the drilling head detected by the torque sensor unit reaches a predetermined torque value.

5. The medical electric drill of claim 4 , further comprising:
an alert unit issuing an alert signal when the breaker is activated.

6. The medical electric drill of claim 1 , further comprising:
a breaker for stopping the drilling head from being rotated when the displacement of the drilling head detected by the gravity sensor unit reaches a predetermined displacement value.

7. The medical electric drill of claim 6 , further comprising:
an alert unit issuing an alert signal when the breaker is activated.

8. The medical electric drill of claim 1 , wherein the gravity sensor unit is a three-axis gravity sensor unit for controlling a displacement direction of the drilling head.

9. A medical electric drill, comprising:
a drilling head for drilling a bone;
a microprocessor which is connected to the drilling head for calculating a displacement of the drilling head;
a force sensor unit for detecting a force change of the drilling head and providing a force change signal to the microprocessor; and
a gravity sensor unit for detecting an acceleration variation of the drilling head and providing an acceleration voltage signal to the microprocessor;
wherein the microprocessor determines a work period of drilling the bone according to the force change signal provided by the force sensor unit, and then the microprocessor calculates the displacement of the drilling head by using the acceleration voltage signal during the work period;
wherein the work period is a duration between start time and an end time of the drilling head drilling the bone.

10. The medical electric drill of claim 9 , further comprising:
a breaker for stopping the drilling head from being rotated when the displacement of the drilling head detected by the gravity sensor unit reaches a predetermined displacement value.

11. The medical electric drill of claim 9 , wherein the force sensor unit is a pressure sensor unit.

12. The medical electric drill of claim 9 , wherein the force sensor unit is a torque sensor unit.

Assignees

• Hsieh Chih-Ching
• Kabo Tool Co

Inventors

• Hsieh Chih-Ching

Classifications

• A61B2017/00119

  alarm; indicating an abnormal situation · CPC title

• A61B2019/464

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2017/00022

  Sensing or detecting at the treatment site · CPC title

• A61B17/1626 Primary

  Control means; Display units · CPC title

• A61B2019/466

  Human Necessities · mapped topic