Patent ID: 8945164
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A removable guard for use with a surgical cutting instrument, the guard comprising: a guard housing forming a homogenous structure defining a leading end, a trailing end, a longitudinal passageway extending therebetween, and an aperture extending between an exterior of the guard housing and the passageway, wherein the passageway is open at a trailing end opening sized and shaped to releasably receive a distal end of an outer housing of a surgical cutting instrument handpiece, and is open at a leading end opening sized to releasably receive a cutting tool shank, and further wherein the guard housing is positioned over the distal end of the outer housing; and wiring coupled to the guard housing, the wiring including: electrically non-conductive insulative material covering at least a majority of the wire apart from the first end such that the first end of the wire is exposed within the passageway for establishing an electrical connection with a cutting tool shank disposed within the passageway.