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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventor:
Krishnamurthy Belagali, Portage, IN;
Assignee:
STRYKER CORPORATION, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/16 (2006.01); B23B 31/107 (2006.01); B23B 45/00 (2006.01); B25F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1622 (2013.01); A61B 17/162 (2013.01); A61B 17/1624 (2013.01); B23B 31/1074 (2013.01); B23B 45/008 (2013.01); B25F 5/001 (2013.01); A61B 17/1631 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320032 (2013.01); Y10T 279/3418 (2015.01);
Abstract
A surgical handpiece with a rotating spindle for receiving the coupling head of a surgical attachment or a cutting accessory. A gear train has plural drive heads that simultaneously rotate at different speeds. A clutch assembly has pins that move along the length of the spindle. The clutch assembly sets the position of the pins so they will engage one of the drive heads. The spindle rotates with the drive head with which the clutch pins are engaged.