Limited-use tool disposable enclosure
AssigneeInsurgical, Inc.
InventorsPeter M Aman, Frederick N Matthews, Matthew Jones, Richard Acevedo, Daniel Tagtow, Roy Melling
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Abstract
A re-usable medical procedure power tool includes enclosed housing including a tool attachment portion, a handle portion connected to a tool attachment portion and a power portion. A removable, single use, contamination-blocking cover substantially covering the housing, the handle portion the power portion. The cover also includes an opening adjacent an exposed first end of the tool attachment portion, whereby a tool accessory is selectively attached to and removed from the first end of the tool attachment portion during a medical procedure.
Claims2
A re-usable medical power tool comprising:
- an enclosed rigid body mechanical housing including a tool attachment portion having a chuck or blade adapter for releasably receiving and holding an attachment portion for receiving and holding an attachment tool such as a drill bit or saw blade, a handle portion comprising an actuating trigger, and a forward-reverse switch and a power source portion for a battery pack;
- a contamination-blocking, closely conforming material outer shell cover mounted over the rigid body mechanical housing, the cover being a single use, removable and disposable shrink-wrap contamination blocking cover, configured for removal and replacement after each medical procedure,
- the housing having a first shape and the shrink-wrap cover having a second shape substantially matching and substantially covering the first shape such that the cover includes a tool attachment portion, a handle portion and a power source portion;
- and
- the handle portion including a flexible tactile feel portion being movable sufficient to move an associated trigger attached to the handle portion,
- wherein the cover is removed and replaced after each medical procedure, prior to re-sterilization of the re-assembled power tool.
A method comprising:
- providing a sterile, re-usable medical power tool having an enclosed housing including a tool attachment portion, a handle portion connected to a tool attachment portion and a power portion;
- covering the power tool with a removable, single-use contamination blocking shrink-wrap cover having an opening adjacent an exposed first end of the tool attachment portion,
- following use of the medical power tool for a procedure, removing the contamination blocking cover and sterile cleaning the exposed first end of the tool attachment portion;
- re-covering the power tool with a replacement, single-use, contamination blocking shrink-wrap cover;
- packaging the power tool;
- sterilizing the packaged power tool;
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- providing the sterile power tool for a subsequent procedure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.