Patent ID: 9662160
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A61B,B25B,H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A tool for use during surgery comprising: a housing; a motor disposed within the housing and connected to the housing; an output shaft having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the motor and the distal end has an opening to engage an implant within a patient; and a counter-torque sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the counter-torque sleeve coupled to the housing and overlying the output shaft such that the counter-torque sleeve is slideably engageable with the output shaft along a longitudinal axis defined by a length of the counter-torque sleeve over the output shaft, wherein the distal end of the counter-torque sleeve includes an opening to engage the implant, the distal end of the output shaft extending through the opening in the counter-torque sleeve.