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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary B Gage, Arlington, TX (US);
Glenn T Carlson, Keller, TX (US);
Assignee:
Midas Rex, L.P., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 80 ; 606 79 ; 408 59 ;
Abstract
A surgical tool for resecting bone has a pneumatic motor within a tool body which rotates a coaxial tool implement. The tool implement is provided with irrigation fluid from a fluid reservoir. The reservoir and the motor are charged with pressurized air from a pressurized air source. A fluid control valve is located between the reservoir and the tool, and an air control valve is located between the air pressure source and the motor. The air control valve is controlled by a variable foot pedal or hand valve so that the speed of the motor is variably actuated by the foot valve.