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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Eca Medical Instruments, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Michael J. Milella, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
ECA Medical Instruments, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
A retention assembly for connecting a base to a tool having a shaft includes a shaft engagement socket defining a shaft receptacle configured to receive the shaft; a retainer configured to secure the shaft to the shaft engagement socket, the retainer having a body with an opening that can receive the shaft; and at least one finger extending from the body, defining a sliding surface, and being configured to contact the shaft. The sliding surface can contact a ramp on the shaft retainer socket, and the retainer can translate relative to the shaft engagement socket, such that when it is translated toward the shaft engagement socket, the sliding surface slides along the ramp and causes the finger to move away from the shaft, and when the retainer is translated away from the shaft engagement socket, the sliding surface slides along the ramp and causes the finger to move towards the shaft.