Surgical tool

US9078671B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Inventors

• Jeff Beale · Bartlett, US
• Harold S. Taylor · Memphis, US
• Oivind Brockmeier · Somerville, US
• Jared Alden Judson · Medford, US
• Jeffrey Ryan Chapin · Cambridge, US
• Timothy Proulx · Santa Cruz, US
• Ari Tao Adler · Palo Alto, US
• Jason Robinson · Windham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/3983
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A tool for use during surgery includes a housing including a distal end and a proximal end, a motor disposed within the housing, and an output shaft having a proximal end connected to the motor and a distal end extending from the distal end of the housing. The tool further includes a battery pack contained within the housing, and a passage extending from the distal end to the proximal end of the housing through the output shaft and the battery pack, wherein the passage is defined by an interior surface of the output shaft and a channel through the battery.