Surgical procedure supplemental accessory controller and method utilizing turn-on and turn-off time delays

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APP PUB NO 20070000501A1
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11173199

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A supplemental accessory used in a surgical procedure is energized in relation to activating a surgical unit used to perform the surgical procedure, by energizing the supplemental accessory after expiration of a predetermined turn-on time delay from the time when the surgical unit was activated. The supplemental accessory is energized after expiration of a basic fixed amount of time elapsing after the surgical unit has been activated, or after the surgical unit has been activated for a predetermined percentage less than all of the basic fixed amount of time, or after the surgical unit has been activated a predetermined multiple number of times during the basic fixed amount of time. The supplemental accessory is deenergized after the expiration of a predetermined turn-off time delay after the surgical unit was last deactivated or after the supplemental accessory was first energized, whichever occurs later.

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CONMED CORPORATION525 FRENCH ROAD UTICA NY 13502

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Refior, Tim Englewood, CO 5 1070
Wert, Lindsay T Steamboat Springs, CO 1 17

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