U.S. Patent 7803151 was awarded to Power Medical Interventions, Inc. on 2010-09-28 and describes a “System and method for calibrating a surgical instrument.” This patent has been cited 308 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

A calibration system for a surgical instrument. The calibration system includes an actuator, such as a motor system and a flexible shaft. The calibration system also includes a surgical instrument actuatable by the actuator. The calibration system also include calibration data corresponding to the surgical instrument. A processor is configured to process the calibration data for determining a position of the surgical instrument. The calibration system may include a sensor configured to provide a signal corresponding to a movement of the actuator, the processor being further configured to process the signal for determining a position of the surgical instrument. Link: U.S. Patent 7803151

This patent was originally filed on 2002-12-04 which gives it a processing time of 2855 days, compared to an average processing time of 1402 in the field. Power Medical Interventions, Inc. has 30 total patents. The first named inventor is Michael P. Whitman of New Hope, MN. The primary examiner was Matthew J Kasztejna.

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