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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2021
Hubly Inc., Lisle, IL (US);
Genevieve R. K. Laing, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ryan Wood, Sausalito, CA (US);
Allison T. Tse, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gerhard E. F Pawelka, Lexington, MA (US);
Amit Bhasker Ayer, Chicago, IL (US);
Nathanael David Andrews, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Casey Mimi Grage, Vienna, VA (US);
Hubly Inc., Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
The present technology relates to surgical drilling devices, and associated systems and methods. In some embodiments, a surgical drilling device includes a drill bit and a retraction mechanism. The retraction mechanism can include a housing, a slide assembly within the housing and operably coupled to the drill bit, a spring element engaging the slide assembly, and a locking element coupled to the slide assembly. The locking element can be movable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration based on an amount of force applied by the drill bit to the slide assembly. When in the locked configuration, the locking element can secure the slide assembly to the housing. When in the unlocked configuration, the locking element can allow the spring element to displace the slide assembly proximally within the housing to retract the drill bit.