Patents by Inventor Kurt M. Deutmeyer

Kurt M. Deutmeyer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Surgical tool arrangement
    Patent number: 9504521
    Abstract: A surgical tool arrangement including a powered handpiece which cooperates with a combined electrosurgical and mechanical cutting instrument. The electrosurgical and mechanical cutting instrument includes an outer static housing element which defines an electrode for delivering electrical energy to the surgical site, and a cutting element disposed within the outer housing and movable relative thereto for manipulating patient tissue. The electrosurgical and mechanical cutting instrument is an integral component attachable to the surgical tool to provide multiple functions in a single instrument, such as cauterization, ablation and mechanical cutting, without the need for attachment of additional housing structures or other adapters. The tool arrangement also includes a universal handpiece which is capable of accepting and operating a number of different surgical instruments, each having one or multiple functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kurt M. Deutmeyer, Braden M. Robison, Andrew J. Hamel, Michael G. Hilldoerfer
  • Surgical Tool Arrangement
    Publication number: 20080188848
    Abstract: A surgical tool arrangement including a powered handpiece which cooperates with a combined electrosurgical and mechanical cutting instrument. The electrosurgical and mechanical cutting instrument includes an outer static housing element which defines an electrode for delivering electrical energy to the surgical site, and a cutting element disposed within the outer housing and movable relative thereto for manipulating patient tissue. The electrosurgical and mechanical cutting instrument is an integral component attachable to the surgical tool to provide multiple functions in a single instrument, such as cauterization, ablation and mechanical cutting, without the need for attachment of additional housing structures or other adapters. The tool arrangement also includes a universal handpiece which is capable of accepting and operating a number of different surgical instruments, each having one or multiple functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Kurt M. Deutmeyer, Braden M. Robison, Andrew J. Hamel, Michael G. Hilldoerfer