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US 2023/0301664 A1Published application
Multiple Connection Drive Shaft
AssigneeMedtronic PS Medical, Inc.
InventorMilton F. Barnes
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system to engage a plurality of tools. In the system a drive shaft and collet may be assembled to engage and disengage, selectively, a plurality of tools. User selection may allow use of a plurality of tools during a procedure or during a plurality of procedures.
Claims13
1-7. (canceled)
A drive shaft assembly, comprising:
- a drive shaft extending from a first end to a second end, the drive shaft including:
- a first drive shaft member defining a through-bore extending through the first drive shaft member;
- and
- a second drive shaft member axially and rotationally fixed relative to the first drive shaft member within the through-bore of the first drive shaft member;
- a first tool driving region defined within the drive shaft and configured to releasably and axially retain a first tool;
- and
- a second tool driving region defined within the drive shaft and configured to releasably and rotationally retain the first tool, the second tool driving region including an angled inner surface, the angled inner surface cooperating with a plurality of spherical locking members to releasably and rotationally retain the first tool within the drive shaft.
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A drive shaft assembly, comprising:
- a drive shaft including:
- a first drive shaft member defining a through-bore extending through the first drive shaft member;
- and
- a second drive shaft member axially and rotationally fixed relative to the first drive shaft member within the through-bore of the first drive shaft member;
- a plurality of tangs extending from the drive shaft and configured to releasably and axially retain a first tool upon selective engagement thereof, and
- a second tool driving region defined within the drive shaft and configured to releasably and rotationally retain the first tool, the second tool driving region including an angled inner surface, the angled inner surface cooperating with a plurality of spherical locking members to releasably and rotationally retain the first tool within the drive shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.