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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2013
Rph Enterprises, Inc., Wellesley, MA (US);
Arnold Feinberg, Stoughton, MA (US);
Frank Slauenwhite, III, Woburn, MA (US);
Luis A. Sousa, Cranston, RI (US);
RPH Enterprises, Inc., Wellesley, MA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a disposable surgical rode deburrer has a shank configured to be rotated by a drive device and a housing assembly coupled to the shank. The housing assembly includes a rod guide having an opening sized to receive and stabilize a surgical rod when inserted therethrough into an inner cavity. The housing assembly also includes a cutting bit disposed within the inner cavity that is rotated to deburr an end of the surgical rod. A membrane wiper is disposed between the rod guide and the cutting bit. The membrane wiper has a seal that opens to allow the surgical rod to be inserted therethrough, and substantially closes when the surgical rod is removed. The housing assembly also includes a drive body. The membrane wiper retains within the inner cavity chips, particles or dust created by the cutting bit.