Disposable remote flexible drive cutting apparatus

Details Disposable remote flexible drive cutting apparatus Disposable remote flexible drive cutting apparatus

1996-12-27

1998-12-15

Dawson, Glenn K.

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

606167, 606 79, A61B 1714, A61B 1732, A61B 1700

Patent

active

058490230

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed toward an external drive with a plurality of removably mounted disposable surgical hand cutting assemblies including a housing control unit with a plurality of motors, each of the motors being capable of driving each surgical hand cutting assembly at a different range of rotational speeds.
One disposable surgical hand cutting assembly is capable of debriding soft tissue at a first speed and high torque, and a second disposable hand cutting assembly is capable of debriding hard tissue at a second higher speed.
A plurality of flexible shafts for transmitting the torsional force from a selected motor to a selected surgical hand cutting assembly provided with a quick connect mechanism disposed on the end of each flexible shaft to quickly connect the surgical hand cutting assembly to one of the motors.

REFERENCES:
patent: Re34556 (1994-03-01), Sjostrom et al.

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