Patents by Inventor Michael D. Dozeman

Michael D. Dozeman 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 assembly including a console, plural surgical tools and a footswitch, wherein the console is able to custom map the footswitch to each surgical tool
    Patent number: 10820912
    Abstract: A powered surgical tool system capable of providing energization signals to plural powered surgical handpieces. The system includes a console to which at least one footswitch is attached. The footswitch can be mapped to control any one of the handpieces connected to the console. The console includes a display on which representations of the footswitch and handpieces connected to the console are presented. The representations of the handpieces are in different colors. When the footswitch is mapped to a specific handpiece, the representation of the footswitch is presented in the same color as the representation of the handpiece to which the footswitch is mapped. When plural footswitches are attached to the console, the representation of each footswitch is presented in a color corresponding to the color of the representation of the handpiece to which the footswitch is mapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael R. Wildgen, Donald Malackowski, Michael D. Dozeman, Paul M. Hoekstra
  • SURGICAL TOOL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A CONSOLE, PLURAL SURGICAL TOOLS AND A FOOTSWITCH, WHEREIN THE CONSOLE IS ABLE TO CUSTOM MAP THE FOOTSWITCH TO EACH SURGICAL TOOL
    Publication number: 20170172583
    Abstract: A powered surgical tool system capable of providing energization signals to plural powered surgical handpieces. The system includes a console to which at least one footswitch is attached. The footswitch can be mapped to control any one of the handpieces connected to the console. The console includes a display on which representations of the footswitch and handpieces connected to the console are presented. The representations of the handpieces are in different colors. When the footswitch is mapped to a specific handpiece, the representation of the footswitch is presented in the same color as the representation of the handpiece to which the footswitch is mapped. When plural footswitches are attached to the console, the representation of each footswitch is presented in a color corresponding to the color of the representation of the handpiece to which the footswitch is mapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Michael R. Wildgen, Donald Malackowski, Michael D. Dozeman, Paul M. Hoekstra
  • Control console to which powered surgical handpieces are connected, the console configured to simultaneously energize more than one and less than all of the handpieces
    Patent number: 7422582
    Abstract: A surgical tool system including plural powered surgical handpieces. The handpieces are removably connected to a single control console. The control console has a power supply. A controller internal to the control console simultaneously supplies power to the plural handpieces. In the event the handpieces collectively draw more power than the power supply can provide, the control console temporarily stops the application of power to one of the handpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Don Malackowski, Michael D. Dozeman, Paul M. Hoekstra, Michael R. Wildgen