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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2001
Eddy Del Rio, Royal Palm Beach, FL (US);
Jose M. Lamanna, Jupiter, FL (US);
Douglas A. Perry, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Thomas E. Anspach, Jupiter, FL (US);
The Anspach Effort, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A journal bearing for a high speed surgical drill and/or attachment for rotatably supporting a cutter is made from a polymer of polyimide resin and graphite material and is designed to have a polygon configured bore where there are two point contact of the mating surfaces of the bore walls and cutter's shaft and preferably the bore is square shaped in cross section. This bearing results in a decrease in the envelope size of the support tube and hence, the overall diameter of the surgical instrument at the distal end enhances the line of vision of the cutter to the surgeon when the surgeon is performing surgical procedures. The entrance ends of the intermediate bearings are countersunk to define a ramp to ease the egress of the tool bit shaft for entering the tube of the drill motor or drill attachment during the assembly thereof.