Patent ID: 9381022
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: A61B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of attaching a plastic hood to a metal tip of a rotary abrader, the method comprising the steps of: providing a rotary abrader with an inner tube rotatably positioned within an outer tube, and an abrader element located at a distal end of the inner tube, wherein the outer tube is provided with a metal tip at a distal end of the outer tube, the metal tip having a plurality of elongated slots extending from a lumen of the outer tube to an outer surface of the outer tube; and attaching a hood formed of plastic material to the metal tip by injection molding, to allow plastic material from the hood to fill spaces of the plurality of elongated slots of the metal tip, to prevent the hood from becoming dislodged from the metal tip, and to enhance vizualization at a surgical site undergoing abrading with the abrader element of the rotary abrader.