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US 10,702,284 B2Granted
Tool fitting attachment for a surgical drill with additional manual drive unit, and surgical drill
AssigneeAesculap AG
InventorsRoland-Alois Högerle, Jan Steinhauser
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Abstract
A tool fitting attachment for a surgical drill can include a drive-side coupling for mounting on a drive unit which provides a torque via a motor, and an output-side coupling for receiving a tool. A drive unit is integrated between the two couplings and can be manually operated. A surgical drill can include an electric motor which is connected via the drive-side coupling of the tool fitting attachment.
Claims15
A tool fitting attachment for a surgical machine, comprising:
- a drive-side coupling for mounting to a drive unit which provides a torque by a motor;
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- an output-side coupling for receiving a tool,
- wherein, between the two couplings, a manually operated drive unit is integrated,
- wherein the drive-side coupling is configured for coupling the tool fitting attachment to the drive unit via a torque, and
- wherein the output-side coupling is configured for receiving or connecting the medical tool by transmitting a torque,
- the tool fitting attachment further comprising a manually operable ratchet unit having an effective direction of rotation that can be manually changed, the ratchet unit being arranged between the drive-side coupling and the output-side coupling and having a torque introducing member/ratchet input component manually torque-operated via a handle and configured as a casing and a guide shaft/ratchet output component which is in torque engagement with the output-side coupling so as to transmit, in response to the effective direction of rotation, a manually introduced torque to the output-side coupling, the guide shaft/ratchet output component being operable as a disconnect coupling and axially movable relative to the output-side coupling by the handle in such manner that, at a first movement position, the handle connects the drive-side coupling to the output-side coupling via the torque while bypassing the ratchet unit and puts the ratchet unit out of operation and, at a second movement position, disconnects a torque connection between the drive-side coupling and the output-side coupling and puts the ratchet unit into operation.
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