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US 2010/0076477 A1Published application
Drive Shaft For A Surgical Tool
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsRafal Z. Jezierski, Peter M. Cesarini
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a drive shaft for a surgical handpiece including a first prong and a second prong, wherein the first prong and the second prong are asymmetric. A surgical handpiece and a method of coupling a surgical handpiece and a cutting tool are also disclosed.
Claims11
A drive shaft for a surgical handpiece comprising:
- a first prong;
- and
- a second prong,
- wherein the first prong and the second prong are asymmetric.
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A surgical handpiece comprising:
- a drive shaft comprising a first prong and a second prong, wherein the first prong and the second prong are asymmetric.
A method of coupling a surgical handpiece to a cutting tool comprising:
- providing a surgical handpiece comprising a drive shaft including a first prong and a second prong, wherein the first prong and the second prong are asymmetric;
- providing a cutting tool comprising an inner member and an outer member;
- and
- coupling the handpiece to the cutting tool such that the drive shaft is coupled to a drive tang on the inner member of the cutting tool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.