Patent ID: 6733218
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
A clutch for a high speed drill supporting a cutter for surgical use and said high speed drill including a rotating spindle having a bore at one end, said rotating spindle having a lateral opening and another lateral opening circumferentially spaced from said lateral opening, said clutch including a U-shaped spring having a first leg extending through said lateral opening in said rotating spindle and intersecting said bore and a second leg extending through said another lateral opening radially spaced from said lateral opening and also intersecting said bore and defining between said first leg and said second leg a spaced passageway, a pin extending laterally through an aperture in said spindle and intersecting said bore, said pin being axially spaced from said U-shaped spring whereby said U-shaped spring and said pin accommodate a predetermined configuration in the cutter for automatically locking the cutter into the high speed drill.