Patent · US Expired

Surgical handpiece chuck and blade

US5439472A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 14, 1993
Grant dateAug 8, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T279/17957
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A blade with cutting part on one edge portion thereof has a remote end fixed in a chuck by pushing same end-wise into a slot in the chuck through a series of positions, namely (1) drop-out, (2) safety locked-in and (3) fully inserted locked-in.

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